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Mouri Motonari(pictured from Nobunaga's Ambition 12) - The daimyo of the Mouri clan of the Chugoku region in Western Japan. Before Nobunaga even became a speck on the map, Motonari was a very busy leader. Starting with a small clan nestled between two ancient, feuding houses (the Ouchi and Amago) Motonari's rise to power was filled with calculations and careful planning. With a genius grasp of strategy and manipulation, Motonari tirelessly crumbled each of these long-standing clans into extinction as his own tiny fief grew rapidly until by the time he died in 1570, the Mouri controlled the largest sphere of influence in all of Japan, even more than the Takeda or Hojo. The Mouri controlled nearly the entirety of Chugoku, had domain over the inland sea between the islands, and even had forts in northern Kyushu. Motonari is often considered the greatest strategist of his time. One of his most impressive feats was when he was barely even an adult: defending his home of Koriyama Castle from an assault from the neighboring Aki-Takeda, he personally led a measly army against the enemy who outnumbered him around 10 to 1, rallying his troops on the frontline. A lucky arrow strike killed the enemy commander, and Motonari's allies(at the time, he was subservient to the ancient Ouchi clan) arrived soon after and helped drive off the Aki-Takeda.

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Oda Nobunaga
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Yamanaka Shikanosuke
Amago Tsunehisa/Haruhisa
Tachibana Dosetsu/Muneshige
Otani Yoshitsugu
Kani Saizo
Shimazu Takahisa/Yoshihiro/Yoshihisa/Iehisa
Chosokabe Motochika/Morichika
Matsunaga Hisahide
Ashikaga Yoshiteru
Takenaka Hanbei
Satake Yoshishige
Imagawa Yoshimoto
Mogami Yoshiaki
Sanada Yukitaka/Masayuki/Yukimura
Maeda Toshiie
Shibata Katsuie
Kato Kiyomasa
Ukita Naoie/Hideie
Kobayakawa Takakage
Kikkawa Motoharu
Ryuzoji Takanobu
Kuroda Kanbei
Yamagata Masakage