Hosokawa Tadaoki

* Sen7
* Sen5
* Sen4

**Hosokawa Tadaoki**  (細川 (ほそかわ)忠興 (ただおき), *****Hosokawa Tadaoki*****? Hosokawa Tadaoki) is a retainer (Sen4,5) of the Ashikaga Clan, serving under Ashikaga Yoshiteru. She serves as a recruitable general since Sengoku Hime 4, and has appeared in Sengoku Hime 5, Sengoku Hime 6.

## Introduction

**Sengoku Hime 4:** Fujitaka Hosokawa's beloved daughter. A military commander who grew up under his brilliant father, and who is immature but has the ability to inherit his father, probably because of his bloodline and education. She has a clear personality that she likes and dislikes, and she is not good at lying. She acts with her father to serve Yoshiaki, but she doesn't seem to be happy about her negative Yoshiaki.

才気あふれる父の元で育ち、血筋と教育によるものか、未熟ながらも父譲りの有能さを感じさせる武将。
好き嫌いがはっきりした性格で、嘘が苦手な直情系。
父と共に行動して義昭に仕えているが、後ろ向きな義昭のことを快く思っていない様子。
【デザイナー：ぽ～しょん】　【演者：御苑生メイ】

**Sengoku Hime 5:** Fujitaka Hosokawa's beloved daughter. A military commander who grew up under his brilliant father, and who is immature but has the ability to inherit his father, probably because of his bloodline and education. She has a clear personality that she likes and dislikes, and she is not good at lying. She acts with her father to serve Yoshiaki, but she doesn't seem to be happy about her negative Yoshiaki.

デザイナー：ぽ～しょんＣＶ：御苑生メイ

**Sengoku Hime 7:** The head of the Hosokawa family.
He is a sharp man and very good as a general. He is a talented person who devotedly supports him in any situation.
He used to have a short tempered and fierce personality, but as he grew up he became able to repair it.
... but the essence hasn't changed and the fierceness remains in him.

演者:桜川未央
細川家の当主。
切れ者で将としてとても優秀。どんな場面でも献身的に支えてくれる有能な人物。
かつては短気で苛烈な性格の持ち主だったが成長とともに取り繕えるようになった。
・･･が、本質は変わっておらずその苛烈さは身の内に抱えたままである。

## Historial Infomation

Hosokawa Tadaoki (細川忠興, November 28, 1563 – January 18, 1646) was a Japanese samurai warrior of the late Sengoku period and early Edo period. He was the son of Hosokawa Fujitaka with Numata Jakō, and he was the husband of a famous Christian convert (Kirishitan), Hosokawa Gracia. For most of his life, he went under the name of Nagaoka Tadaoki that had been adopted by his father and was related to a town that was in their domain. Shortly after the victory at Sekigahara, Nagaoka Tadaoki reverted to his original name Hosokawa Tadaoki.

Tadaoki was present on Hideyoshi's side in the Battle of Komaki and Nagakute (1584) and the Odawara Campaign (1590), where he took part in the siege of Nirayama (Izu Province) and later joined the main army outside Odawara. During the 1590s he became friends with Tokugawa Ieyasu (who had lent him money to assist in some debts owed Toyotomi Hidetsugu) and in 1600 sided with him against Ishida Mitsunari.
He was succeeded by Hosokawa Tadatoshi (1586–1641), who was present at the Siege of Shimabara (1637–1638). In 1632 Tadatoshi received a huge fief in Higo (Kumamoto, 540,000 koku), where the Hosokawa family remained until 1871.
In July 1600, Ishida Mitsunari had attempted to gain some leverage over those leaning towards Ieyasu by taking as hostages all those whose families were in Osaka Castle, this happened to include Tadaoki's wife, who was by now a Christian, baptized "Gracia". To avoid capture, Hosokawa Gracia ordered a servant to kill her and set fire to their quarters. While there is little reason to believe that Tadaoki was emotionally scarred by the incident, it was considered an appalling act of trickery, and served to drive Tadaoki into Ieyasu's side.
On October 20, 1600 at the Battle of Sekigahara, Tadaoki commanded 5,000 men in the Tokugawa vanguard and clashed with the forces of Shima Sakon. Afterwards, He was awarded a fief in Buzen (Kokura, 370,000 koku) and went on to serve at the Siege of Osaka (1614–1615).

**Lord(s):** 織田信長・信忠 → 豊臣秀吉 → 秀頼 → 徳川家康 → 秀忠

**Father:** 細川藤孝（幽斎）

**Mother:** 沼田麝香

'*Sibling(s):'***忠興**、興元、伊也、幸隆、千、孝之、
加賀、栗

**Spouse(s):** 明智玉子、郡宗保娘、清田鎮乗娘、真下元家娘

**Children:** 長、忠隆、興秋、古保、忠利、多羅、万、立孝、興孝、松井寄之