He adopted the name of Shikan NAKAMURA (VII) in the play of Omitsu in "Nozaki-mura Village" and Agemaki in "Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura" (Sukeroku in Edo during cherry blossom) in 1967.
1967年（昭和42年）4月『野崎村』お光・『助六由縁江戸櫻』揚巻で、七代目中村芝翫襲名。