The sakusha Muraoka Kôji I held this name from the 11th lunar month of 1780 to 1808.

Dates of birth and death unknown. His first pen name was Mura Kanshi I. He was recorded as working at the Ichimuraza in 1838. He took the name of Mura Kanji and worked in the 11th lunar month of 1849 at the Nakamuraza on the classic "Imoseyama Onna Teikin". He changed the first ideogram of his first name in 1855 and worked in the 3rd lunar month of 1855 at the Ichimuraza on the drama "Kagamiyama Gonichi no Ishibumi". He finlly took the name of Muraoka Kôji II and worked in the 2nd lunar month of 1864 at the Moritaza on the drama "Kinoene Soga Daikoku Bashira". He was recorded for the last time in October 1875, when he worked at the Shinboriza. No record afterwards.