Tomojiro Ikenouchi was born in Tokyo as son of a haiku poet Kyoshi Takahama.
He traveled to Paris in 1927, where he studied composition with Henri Büsser and piano with Lazare Lévy.
Ikenouchi taught at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music beginning in 1947.
His notable students include Isang Yun, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Toshiro Mayuzumi, Maki Ishii, Shin-ichiro Ikebe, Makoto Shinohara, Akira Miyoshi, Akio Yashiro, Roh Ogura, Kōhei Tanaka, Teizo Matsumura, Sei Ikeno, Masato Uchida and Ryohei Hirose.
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