Dates of birth and death unknown. He was the Ichimuraza tôdori for several decades and the father of both Bandô Sanpachi IV and Azuma Ichinojô I. He was also the adoptive father of Bandô Kitsujûrô II.

Born in 1838. Disciple of Ichimura Uzaemon XII, his first stage name was Bandô Aizô II and he started his career around 1843 at the Ichimuraza, where he performed as a koyaku. He was adopted by Bandô Kitsujûrô I, a tôdori at the Ichimuraza. He took the name of Bandô Habuhachi (two different ways to write Habuhachi) in 1849. He became tachiyaku in 1854. He took the name of Bandô Kitsunosuke I in 1858. He took the name of Bandô Sanpachi V in the 3rd lunar month of 1860 at the Ichimuraza, where he performed in the drama "Kagamiyama Gonichi no Iwafuji". His adoptive father died during the Genji era (1864~1865) and Sanpachi settled in Ryôgoku, where he performed in koshibai. He was zagashira at the Kishôza in 1875. In August 1879, this theater reopened as the Hisamatsuza and he became its tôdori, taking the name of Bandô Kitsujûrô II. During the 1880s, he became a mainstay in koshibai like the Hôraiza in Fukagawa or the Nigiwaiza in Yokohama. He died the 3rd of September 1891. His yagô was Yamatoya.