Matsumoto Kōshirō
Ebizō, like other actors' names, is bestowed (or given up) at grand naming ceremonies called "shūmei" in which a number of actors formally change their names. A number of actors have followed a particular sequence in their stage names, preceding "Ebizō" by being called Ichikawa Shinnosuke or Matsumoto Kōshirō, and following it by achieving the name Ichikawa Danjūrō.