The sakusha Kanai Yûsuke I held this name from the 11th lunar month of 1798 to 1801.

The sakusha Kanai Sangyô held the name of Kanai Yûsuke II from 1826 to Fall 1827.

Dates of birth and death unknown. When he was young, he worked in a embroidery and foiling shop in Edo in the district of Hasegawa-chô and his name was Matsuya Kobê. With the patronage of Mimasuya Nisôji, he became sakusha and received the pen name of Matsui Hanji. He worked in the 11th lunar month of 1825 at the Nakamuraza on Tsuruya Nanboku IV's kaomise drama "Oniwaka Kongen Butai". He worked in the 11th lunar month of 1828 at the Nakamuraza, along with Tsuruya Nanboku IV, Segawa Jokô II and Tajima Konosuke I, on the kaomise drama "Motomishi Hana Otogi Heike"; Hanji's yearly salary was 30 ryô ^[1]. He took the name of Matsui Yûsuke III in the 11th lunar month of 1832 and worked at the Nakamuraza, along with Segawa Jokô II, on the kaomise drama "Goban Tadanobu Yuki no Kuroshiro", which celebrated the 3-generation shûmei of Iwai Tojaku, Iwai Hanshirô VI and Iwai Kumesaburô III. He took the name of Kanai Yûsuke III in the 11th lunar month of 1833 and worked at the Ichimuraza on the kaomise drama "Koi Yoriiru Tsui no Yumitori". He worked in the 11th lunar month of 1837 at the Ichimuraza, along with Nakamura Jûsuke IV and Fukumori Kyûsuke II ^[2], on the kaomise drama "Onikirimaru Mimasu no Kakutsubo". No record afterwards. This nimaime sakusha worked closely for Iwai Hanshirô VI.