In addition to the master's permission for Mysoeki name title inheritance to proceed, to ascertain whether or not a candidate for Myoseki name/title inheritance is appropriate, it is a common requirement that decisions must be made by Shochiku Co., Ltd., (when involving kabuki), or a theater's owner/master (when rakugo related), and even sometimes in further addition, support is required of the principle figure who goes by the same family name/same teigo (school name).
それ以上の、名跡にふさわしいか否かについての判断のために、しばしば襲名にあたっては、当該襲名者の師匠の許し、歌舞伎であれば松竹、落語ならば席亭や師匠の判断、さらに場合によっては同姓同亭号の大立者の協賛などが必要になってくる。