Examples are mysterious individuals such as "Folk Opera Chu," mentioned in the Ilan County Gazetteer as being a prime mover in originating the Taiwanese folk opera tradition, and another famous player of female roles during the Japanese colonial period who was simply known by the pseudonym "Ilan Smile."
像是宜蘭縣志中，相傳是歌仔戲開山鼻祖的「歌仔助」、日據時代名旦「宜蘭笑」等人，只留外號，至於他們與歌仔戲關聯如何，一概不知。