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Chōsokabe Kunichika

Japanese Warlord

Field	Value
office	Head of Chōsokabe clan
termstart	1508
termend	1560
predecessor	Chōsokabe Kanetsugu
successor	Chōsokabe Motochika
name	Chōsokabe Kunichika
native_name	長宗我部国親
birth_date	1504
death_date
birth_place	Okō Castle, Tosa Province
death_place	Okō Castle, Tosa Province
commands	Okō Castle
battles	Battle of Tonomoto (1560)
relations	Chōsokabe Kanetsugu (father)
Chōsokabe Motochika (son)
Kōsokabe Chikayasu (son)

Chōsokabe Motochika (son) Kōsokabe Chikayasu (son) Chōsokabe Kunichika was a powerful warlord in Tosa Province, Japan. He was the son of Chōsokabe Kanetsugu. His childhood name was Senyumaru (千熊丸).

After his father Chōsokabe Kanetsugu was attacked by local lords and he killed himself in the Okō Castle in 1508, Kunichika was raised by the aristocrat Ichijō Fusaie in Tosa Province.　Kunichika gave his third son Kōsokabe Chikayasu for adoption to the Kōsokabe Clan in 1558. He reconciled with the Motoya clan and gathered strength.

In 1560, at the Battle of Tonomoto, Chōsokabe Kunichika captured Nagahama castle from the Motoyama clan. In response to this, Motoyama Shigetoki departed Asakura castle with 2,500 men to take the castle back. Kunichika intercepted him with 1,000 troops near Nagahama castle. Kunichika won the Motoyama clan and died soon after, and was succeeded by his son, Chōsokabe Motochika.

Family

Father: Chōsokabe Kanetsugu
Wife: Osachi no Kata
Children:
- Chōsokabe Motochika by Osachi no Kata
- Kira Chikasada (1541–1576)
- Motoyama no Kata married Motoyama Shigetoki
- Kōsokabe Chikayasu (1543–1593)
- Shima Chikamasu (d. 1571)
- daughter married Ike Yorikazu
- Oyo no Kata married Hakawa Kiyomune

References

(20 January 2013). "Samurai Armies 1467–1649". Bloomsbury Publishing.
"長宗我部国親". 戦国武将の名言.
"長宗我部国親". コトバンク.
"長宗我部国親". 戦国ヒストリー.

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