On June 2, 2023, the Gion Festival Naginata Hoko Preservation Society (Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto City) held a child riding a naginata float leading the Yamaboko Junko parade of the Saki Matsuri (July 17) and an assistant Kamuro. )announced. The child is Hikaru Taki(11 years old), a sixth-year student at Doshisha Elementary School (Kita Ward, Kyoto City), and the bald child is Sosuke Takada(11 years old), a sixth-year student at Notre Dame Gakuin Elementary School, Kita Ward, Kyoto City. , Takuya Ishizumi (10 years old), a fifth-year student at Doshisha Elementary School (Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City).