He had many friends also in the world of public entertainment, for example, Danjuro ICHIKAWA (the 9th)(Inoue helped him with clearing financial problem of slumping Kawarazaki Kabuki Theater which Ichikawa had undertaken asked by his adoptive family), a Rakugo story teller Encho Sanyutei, Kiyomoto (a performance of Joruri [the Japanese-type puppet play]) player Oyo and a gidayu (a style of reciting dramatic narratives) player Echigodayu TAKEMOTO.
芸能界との親交も多く、歌舞伎役者の市川團十郎(9代目)（かつての養家から泣きつかれて背負いこんだ経営不振の河原崎座の借財整理に協力した）、落語家の三遊亭圓朝、清元のお葉、義太夫の竹本越後太夫などが名を連ねる。