He is the brother of Ichikawa Danshirō IV; their father is Danshirō III, and their mother is Sanae Takasugi. Their great-grandfather and grandfather, respectively, were the first and second to be called Ichikawa Ennosuke.
V roce 2003 vyšla prvotina tehdy dvacetileté japonské autorky Hitomi Kanehary „Hadi a náušnice“. Kniha měla obrovský úspěch jak u čtenářů (prodalo se přes milion...