In November 1991, he succeeded to the stage name Ganjiro NAKAMURA and became the third thereof when he played Izaemon of "Kuruwa-bunsho, Yoshida-ya (stories in an entertainment house called Yoshida-ya in a licensed quarter), and Jihei in "Shinju-Ama-no-Tsunashima, Kawasho."
1991年11月　歌舞伎座にて『廓文章・吉田屋』の伊左衛門、『心中天網島・河庄』の治兵衛で三代目中村鴈治郎を襲名。