The sakusha Matsushima Chôfu I held this name from the end of 1826 or beginning of 1827 to the 4th lunar month of 1829.

Dates of birth and death unknown. He had a family relationship with the star Onoe Kikugorô III. He started his career as a sakusha named Imano Enpachi at the Ichimuraza, where he worked, along with Tsuruya Nanboku IV (tatesakusha), Sakurada Jisuke II, Matsui Kôzô I and Nagawa Kunisuke, on the kaomise drama "Sekai no Hana Sugawara Denju", which celebrated the shûmei of Ôtani Hiroemon IV and welcomed in Edo the actors Arashi Sangorô III, Nakayama Sharyû, Arashi Umatarô I and others minor actors. He took the name of Terashima Gosuke and worked in the 11th lunar month of 1818 at the Tamagawaza, along with Tsuruya Nanboku IV and Mimasuya Nisôji, on the kaomise drama "Shitennô Ubuyu no Tamagawa". He took the name of Terashima Shôsaku in the 11th lunar month of 1819 at the Tamagawaza, under the command of the tatesakusha Tsuruya Nanboku IV, on the kaomise drama "Nana Komachi Yagura no Amagoi", which welcomed in Edo the Kamigata actors Fujikawa Tomokichi II and Nakayama Tatezô II, and celebrated the shûmei of both Sawamura Tôjûrô I and Fujikawa Tomokichi II. He took the name of Matsushima Chôfu II in the 1st lunar month of 1833 and worked at the Nakamuraza, along with Segawa Jokô II and Matsui Yûsuke III, on the new year sogamono drama "Hatsushibai Mutsumaji Soga". He became nimaime sakusha and worked in the 11th lunar month of 1836 at the Nakamuraza, along with Sakurada Jisuke II and Dontsû Yosabê II, on the kaomise drama "Shindô Saemon Tsukushi no Kumiobi". He worked in the 1st lunar month of 1842 at the Kawarasakiza on the new year sogamono drama "Kazari Ebi Soga no Kadomatsu" and the dance-drama "Matsu no Ashita Kasumi no Irodori". No record afterwards.

The sakusha Matsushima Hanji V held the name of Matsushima Chôfu III from the 11th lunar month of 1847 to the beginning of the 1850s.