Date of birth unknown. He was the son of the puppeteer Tatsumatsu Jûzaburô and the brother of the star Iwai Hanshirô IV. Disciple of Nakamura Kanzaburô VII, his first stage name was Nakamura Kanpachi. He took the name of Sôryô Jinroku I in 1765. This dôkegata actor died while on tour in the Northern Provinces of Japan the 7th of the 2nd lunar month of 1780.

The actor Sôryô Jinroku II held this name from the 11th lunar month of 1816 to the 8th lunar month of 1837.

Date of birth and death unknown. Disciple of Sôryô Jinroku II, his first stage name was Sôryô Kanpachi. He took the name of Sôryô Jinroku III in 1838. He was like his master a dôkegata and handôgataki actor.