The sakusha Nagawa Issen I held the name of Nagawa Tokusuke I from the 1st lunar month of 1796 to the 10th lunar month of 1812.

Born in 1778. Disciple of Nagawa Tokusuke I, he received the name of Nagawa Tokisuke and started his sakusha career around 1813. He became nimaime sakusha in 1816. He took the name of Nagawa Tokusuke II in Kyôto in the 11th lunar month of 1818 at the Kitagawa no Shibai, working on the kaomise drama "Katakiuchi Takane no Taiko", which starred Arashi Sangorô III, Nakamura Matsue III and Ichikawa Ebijûrô I. He became disciple of Kanazawa Ryûgoku I, who gave him the name of Kanazawa Shibasuke. He became tatesakusha in the 1st lunar month of 1828 and worked at the Kado no Shibai on the drama "Tenmangû Aiju no Meiboku". He died the 17th day of the 11th lunar month of 1828 ^[1] [2].