Dates of birth and death unknown. Most likely a disciple of Bandô Matajirô IV, he made his debut on stage in Edo at the Moritaza performing under the name of Bandô Matasaburô I, as a wakashugata, in the kaomise drama "Kôbai no Momoyoguruma", which welcomed in Edo the actors Sakakiyama Sukegorô, Osagawa Tatsuya and Sawamura Jûrôzaemon. He became wakaonnagata and played at the Moritaza the role of the koshimoto Satsuki in the kaomise drama "Yorimasa Taikyoku no Mato". He went to Kamigata in 1716, became tachiyaku and performed in the kaomise drama "Chô Hanagata Sangoku no Mukoiri", which was staged in the 12th lunar month of 1716 at the Naka no Shibai. He went back to Edo in Fall 1717, switched to wakaonnagata and performed at the Moritaza in Murase Genzaburô's kaomise drama "Hônô Taiheiki". He went to Kamigata in 1722 and performed in the 6th lunar month of 1722 in Ôsaka in the drama "Senri no Hama", which was staged at the Kado no Shibai. He went to Kyôto in the 12th lunar month of 1722. He apperared in ôshibai for the last time in the 1st lunar month of 1723 in Kyôto, where he played the role of the karô Sezaemon in the new year ni-no-kawari drama "Keisei Hitomaruzuka". From 1723, he perfomed exclusively in tabi shibai. His last-recorded performance happened in the 11th lunar month of 1731, in Nagoya at the Monzen-chô no Shibai, where he performed with Sagawa Bunzô II, Ôtani Hirohachi I and Asao Jûjirô I. His rank in the 1732 Nagoya hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was jô (superior) [visual]. No record afterwards.

Born in 1855. He was the son of Nakanishi Jûbê, a dekata at the Moritaza. He started his career at the beginning of the 1860s as a disciple of Bandô Mitsugorô VI, who gave him the name of Bandô Tamae. He took the names of Bandô Mitsuemon II in 1881 and Bandô Wakô in May 1895 at the Ryûseiza, a koshibai venue, where he made a fame for himself and earned the nicknamed Nisen Danshû. This expression could be translated as Tuppenny Danshû, Danshû being the haimyô of the Meiji star Ichikawa Danjûrô IX. Nisen meant two sen; the sen was one hundredth of a yen, which was the new currency created in Japan by the New Currency Act of 1871, to replace the complex monetary system of the Edo period. Nisen was two sen, the price of a ticket in Tôkyô koshibai. He became a disciple of Morita Kan'ya XII and took the name of Bandô Matasaburô II in July 1897 at the Miyatoza, where he played the roles of Ôboshi Yuranosuke and Makiyama Jôzaemon in the classic "Kanadehon Chûshingura". He had the chance to perform at the Kabukiza in August 1899 but the performance was not a success. He ended his career at the Miyatoza, where he was a mainstay. He died the 16th of February 1906.