The role of Omiwa has been gradually refined by great actors like Hanshiro IWAI the fifth in olden times, Danjuro the ninth and Kikugoro ONOE the fifth during the Meiji period, and during this century Kikugoro ONOE the sixth, Utaemon NAKAMURA the sixth and Baiko ONOE the seventh.
お三輪は古くは岩井半四郎(5代目)、明治期の九代目團十郎、尾上菊五郎(5代目)、今世紀には尾上菊五郎(6代目)、中村歌右衛門(6代目)、尾上梅幸(7代目)ら名優によってそのつど洗練されていった。