Hosokawa Tadaoki
The Command of Tanabe castle was held by Hosokawa Tadaoki. However, Tadaoki accompanies Ieyasu at Sekigahara in Tokugawa vanguard. Later, Tadaoki's father Hosokawa Fujitaka and his mother Numata Jakō defended the castle walls against Ikoma Chikamasa's western forces under Onoki Shigekatsu. It is said that, due to the respect they held for Hosokawa, the besieging army was somewhat slower and less effective than they might have been otherwise, and in the end the battle served to tie up these Western Army (anti-Tokugawa) contingents, preventing them from being present at Sekigahara.