Date of birth unknown. He started his career in Kamigata and his first two stage names were Ichikawa Suketarô and Ichikawa Hidenosuke. He settled in Edo in 1856 and took the name of Ichikawa Fukuen I in the 5th lunar month of 1856 at the Moritaza. He went back to Ôsaka in Fall 1857 and performed at the Kado no Shibai in the 11th lunar month of 1857 in the drama "Ranjatai Nitta Keizu". No record afterwards.

The actor Ichikawa Shinjûrô II held the name of Ichikawa Fukuen II from 1866 to October 1875.