The sakusha Namiki Sôsuke held the name of Namiki Senryû I from 1745 to 1751.

Dates of birth and death unknown. Disciple of Namiki Senryû I (Namiki Sôsuke), his first pen name was Namiki Soryû and he was recorded for the first time during the Genbun era. He became tatesakusha and worked in the 11th lunar month of 1748 at the Kado no Shibai on the kaomise drama "Toyoashihara Taihei Keizu". He took the name of Namiki Ryûsuke I in the 7th lunar month of 1749 in Ôsaka. He worked for the puppet theater at the beginning of the 1750s. He went back to the Kabuki world in 1753. He took the name of Namiki Ôsuke in the 11th lunar month of 1754 in Ôsaka at the Naka no Shibai, where he worked on the kaomise drama "Amaterasu Ômikami Iwado no Akebono", which was produced by Arashi San'emon IV. He worked in the 11th lunar month of 1764 at the Kado no Shibai on the kaomise drama "Momotarô Obako Banashi", which celebrated the shûmei of Yoshizawa Ayame III. He worked for the puppet theater during most of the An'ei era. He went back to the Kabuki world in the 11th lunar month of 1782, in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai, where he worked on the kaomise drama "Yamato Moji Sansai Zue". He took the name of Namiki Senryû II in the 1st lunar month of 1784, in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai, where he worked ^[1] on the kaomise drama "Hôraisan Gyôkei no Kaomise", which was produced by Fujikawa Kikumatsu. Then, he went back to the puppet theater, where he worked for several years. He worked in the 11th lunar month of 1790 in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai, along with Namiki Gohei I ^[2], on the kaomise drama "Ittai Bunshin Nishiki no Okuyama", which was produced by Asao Yatarô and celebrated the return in Ôsaka (from a tour to Edo) of the star Asao Tamejûrô I. This was his last Kabuki production. He worked for the puppet theater up to 1799. No stage record afterwards. He retired in Imamiya, where he became a poet and a shamisen player performing during haiku contests.

There will be in the future to come a full page dedicated to Namiki Senryû II in kabuki21.com.