Hoshina Masatoshi

Hoshina Masatoshi
Native name	保科 正俊
Born	1509
Died	1593 (aged 84)
Allegiance	Takeda clan
Unit	Hoshina clan
Battles/wars	Battles of Kawanakajima

Hoshina Masatoshi (保科 正俊) (1509–1593) was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period, who served the Takeda clan. He was the head of Hoshina clan, son of . Masatoshi served under Shingen from the latter's earliest campaigns and fought in many of battles.

He initially opposed Takeda Shingen's invasion of Shinano; however, he later submitted to Shingen and became a Takeda general, in command of 120 cavalry.

Together with Sanada Yukitaka and Kōsaka Masanobu, he was one of the three "Danjo" (Danjō stands for a formal title, Danjōchū; 弾正忠) in the Takeda clan, distinguished from the others as "Yari Danjō" (槍弾正), due to his skilled use of the spear.

Masatoshi was succeeded by his son Hoshina Masanao.

Family[]

• Father: Hoshina Masanori
• Sons:
  • Hoshina Masanao
  • Hoshina Masakatsu
  • Naito Masaaki (1550-1588)

References[]

• (in Japanese) Family background on the Hoshina clan
• Saigō Tanomo, Takagi Morinosuke (1913). Numasawa Michiko-kun no den. Tokyo: Numasawa Shichirō.
• (in Japanese) "Takeda kashindan hitokoto fairu" (16 Feb. 2008)