The actor Suketakaya Takasuke II held the name of Sawamura Shirogorô I from November 1767 to october 1769, then from November 1777 to October 1779.

The actor Sawamura Shirogorô II held this name from November 1808 to October 1819, a second time from November 1821 to July 1824, then a third time from November 1828 to July 1832.

Dates of birth and death unknown. Son of Ichikawa Tomozô II. His first stage names were Ichikawa Danko II (old line) and Ichikawa Nenosuke. He took the name of Ichikawa Tomozô III in March 1819, playing at the Nakamuraza the role of Kampera Monbei in the drama "Sukeroku". He became disciple of Ichikawa Danjûrô VII and took the name of Ichikawa Dankurô I in November 1828. Then, he took the name of Ichikawa Ichiyû in March 1833, playing at the Ichimuraza the role of Sonezaki Bangorô in the drama "Katsumi Zukin Korowa Yoshibei". His relationship to late Sawamura Shirogorô II (who died the 6th of July 1832) is unclear, but we know that he finally got the right to take the name of Sawamura Shirogorô III in November 1838, playing at the Kawarazakiza the roles of the yakko Tomohei, Taira no Munemori and Kiheiji in the drama "Tokinariya Heike no Yozakari". He never achieved stardom and his last recorded performance was in November 1841 at the Kawarazakiza, where he played two minor roles in the drama "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami". He was mainly a katakiyaku actor and was better in sewamono than in jidaimono.

Born in Ôsaka in 1862. Son of Shirota Iwakichi and brother of the actors Nakamura Tsurusaburô and Nakamura Hikaku. He started his career as a disciple of the actor Jitsukawa Enjaku I, who gave him the name of Jitsukawa Gangorô. After the death of his master (the 18th of September 1885), he went on tour in Nagoya and was spotted there by Suketakaya Takasuke IV. He took the name of Sawamura Shirogorô IV in January 1886 at the Shinmoriza. Unfortunately for the new Shirogorô, his new master died a few weeks after the shûmei (the 2nd of February 1886). He decided to be based in Nagoya, starring in all the venues like the Shinmoriza, the Suehiroza or the Murôza. He went regularly on tour in Tôkyô, to perform in koshibai venues (Kotobukiza, Miyatoza) or ôshibai venues (Shintomiza, Kabukiza). This tall tachiyaku, who excelled as a jitsugotoshi or a katakiyaku, died in Nagoya the 2nd of April 1911.

Born in Tôkyô the 15th of September 1877. He started his career as a disciple of Nakamura Fukusuke III, who gave him the name of Nakamura Fukuji. He spent a few years with his master in Kamigata. He went back to Tôkyô and became the disciple of Sawamura Tosshi VII, taking the name of Sawamura Kuninosuke in November 1901. He finally took the name of Sawamura Shirogorô V in October 1914, playing at the Imperial Theater the role of Ôba Saburô in the drama "Ishibashiyama". He left the Kabuki world in October 1916 to become a movie actor. He died the 27th of August 1932.

The list of Sawamura Shirogorô's movies (in Japanese)