Imagawa Yoshimoto

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**Imagawa Yoshimoto**  (今川 (いまがわ)義元 (よしもと), *****Imagawa Yoshimoto*****? Imagawa Yoshimoto) is the head of the Imagawa Clan. He serves as a recruitable general since Sengoku Hime 1, and has appeared in all 7 of the games in the Sengoku Hime series and the upcoming Shin § Sengoku Hime.

## Introduction

**Sengoku Hime 1:**The head of the Imagawa family.
The head of the Imagawa family who governs Mikawa. He has a close relationship with the shogunate and is familiar with public culture and prefers aristocratic hobbies.
It is also known as "Kaido Ichi no Yumitori", and the shrine closest to the world is also called.

三河を統治する今川家の当主。将軍家との親密な関係があり、公家文化に精通 貴族趣味を好む。
『海道一の弓取り｣の異名で呼ばれ、天下に一番近い大社も呼ばれている。
CV:---- 原画:屋

**Sengoku Hime 2:**The head of the Imagawa clan, a great power called "the best archer on the Kaido". Although he is a military commander, he is also familiar with Kyoto culture and prefers flashy and gorgeous things.
He is fond of Imagawa Ujizane, who has something sweet about him.

海道一の弓取り」と称される大国今川家の当主。武将でありながら京文化にも通じており、派手なものや華やかなものを好む。
跡取りの氏真を溺愛しており、氏真には何かと甘い面がある。

**Sengoku Hime 3:**He is the head of the Imagawa family, and his appearance is a bittersweet man.

He has a dignified atmosphere and is so skillful that he is called "the best archer on the Kaido", but he has a friendly personality, such as talking about it with a joke. He is also a cultural figure who is familiar with not only warfare but also public culture.

His daughter, Imagawa Ujizane, is quite sweet, and when it comes to Ujizane, his usual dignity disappears.

威厳のある雰囲気で「海道一の弓取り」と呼ばれるほどの腕前だが、その事を鼻にかけず冗談を交えて話すなど気さくな性格。また、戦の事だけではなく公家文化にも精通している文化人でもある。
娘の今川氏真に対してはかなり甘く、氏真のことになると普段の威厳がなくなってしまう。
ＣＶ：胸肩腎　デザイナー：京作

**Sengoku Hime 4:**The head of the Imagawa family, whose territory is Suruga and Totomi.
He is a powerful daimyo who has demonstrated his skill in domestic affairs and is also called "Kaido's No. 1 Yumitori".
He is a middle-aged gentleman who is well-versed in public culture and is gaining momentum as a military commander.
His daughter, Imagawa Ujizane, is quite sweet and has a sullen look that is different from the dignified look on the soldiers.

内政面で辣腕を発揮し『海道一の弓取り』とも称される有力大名。
公家文化に精通する教養も示し、武将として勢いに乗っている壮年紳士。
娘の氏真にはかなり甘く、兵達に向ける威厳ある表情とは異なる、ふやけた表情を見せる。
【デザイナー：黒田んぼ】　【演者：山本兼平】

**Sengoku Hime 5:**The head of the Imagawa family, whose territory is Suruga and Totomi. He is a powerful daimyo who has demonstrated his skill in domestic affairs and is also called "Kaido's No. 1 Yumitori". He is a middle-aged gentleman who is well-versed in public culture and is gaining momentum as a military commander. His daughter, Imagawa Ujizane, is quite sweet and has a sullen look that is different from the dignified look on the soldiers.

デザイナー：黒田んぼＣＶ：胸肩腎

**Sengoku Hime 6:**The head of the Imagawa family, whose territory is Suruga and Totomi. He is a powerful daimyo who has demonstrated his skill in domestic affairs and is also called "Kaido's No. 1 Yumitori". He is a middle-aged gentleman who is well-versed in public culture and is gaining momentum as a military commander. His daughter, Imagawa Ujizane, is quite sweet and has a sullen look that is different from the dignified look on the soldiers.

デザイナー：黒田んぼ 演者：胸肩腎

**Sengoku Hime 7:**The head of the Imagawa family. Imagawa Ujizane's father.
He is known as Tokaido's No. 1 Yumitori-shiki and is familiar with Kuge culture.
He loves his daughter, Imagawa Ujizane, and never fails to treat him as a child.

演者:星一人
今川家の当主。氏真の父親。
東海道一の弓取りと称される人物で、公家文化に精通している。
娘である氏真を溺愛しており、いつまでたっても子供扱いが抜けない。

**Shin § Sengoku Hime:**The strict head of the Imagawa family.
She is said to be the best archer on the Kaido, and is a sharp-looking woman who reigns over the Imagawa clan, which boasts enormous power.
There is no gap in her behavior and behavior, and each word has a weight.
However, she is not a ruthless person, and her position is to educate Ieyasu, who is a hostage. I have it.

海道一の弓取りと言われ、絶大な勢力を誇る今川家に君臨する鋭利な美貌の女性。
立ち振る舞いや言動すべてに隙がなく一言一言に重みがある。
しかし情のない人間ではなく、立場は人質である家康の教育に・も手を抜かず、ともに雪斎を師と仰いだ妹弟子として導くなど「優しい一面を持ち合わせている。

## Historial Infomation

Imagawa Yoshimoto (今川 義元, 1519 – June 12, 1560) was a pre-eminent daimyō (feudal lord) in the Sengoku period Japan. Based in Suruga Province, he was one of the three daimyōs that dominated the Tōkaidō region. He died in 1560 while marching to Kyoto to become Shōgun. He was killed in the village of Dengakuhazama in Okehazama by Oda Nobunaga.

Yoshimoto was born in 1519, the third son of Imagawa Ujichika of the Imagawa clan-which claimed descent from Emperor Seiwa (850–880). His childhood name was Yosakimaru (芳菊丸). His family branched from Minamoto clan by the Ashikaga clan. As he was not the eldest son, he was not an heir to his father's lordship. As a result, the young boy was sent to a temple where his name was changed to Baigaku Shōhō (梅岳承芳) or Sengaku Shōhō (栴岳承芳). In 1536, his older brother Ujiteru died suddenly, unleashing successional disputes. His elder half-brother, Genkō Etan (玄広恵探), tried to seize the lordship, but the clan split into two factions. Yoshimoto's faction argued he was the rightful heir because Yoshimoto's mother (Jukei-ni) was the consort of Ujichika. Genkō Etan's faction disputed this based on Genkō's seniority, and that his mother was a member of the Kushima family. However, the Genkō faction was eliminated in the Hanagura Disturbance (花倉の乱, Hanagura-no-ran). Baigaku Shōhō changed his name to Yoshimoto at this point and succeeded the clan.
Imagawa Campaigns
After Yoshimoto succeeded to family headship, he married the sister of Takeda Shingen of Kai. This allowed Yoshimoto to cement an alliance with the Takeda when he helped Shingen imprison his father, Takeda Nobutora, in 1540. Soon after, Later Hōjō clan invaded into the Suruga province but Yoshimoto defeated Later Hōjō's force.
In 1542, Yoshimoto began his advance into Mikawa Province, in an effort to fight the growing influence of Oda Nobuhide in that region, but was defeated in the Battle of Azukizaka (1542).
Later in 1548, Yoshimoto defeated Nobuhide in the Second Battle of Azukizaka and continued to expand his territory until 1560. In campaigns over the course of the ensuing decades, Yoshimoto wrested control over the Suruga, Totomi, and Mikawa provinces.
In 1552, Shingen's son, Takeda Yoshinobu, married Yoshimoto's daughter. Yoshimoto and the Hōjō clan reached a peace agreement in 1554 with the marriage of Yoshimoto's son Ujizane to the daughter of Hōjō Ujitsuna.
In 1558, Yoshimoto left the clan's political affairs in Imagawa Ujizane's hands, in order to focus on dealing with the advance westward into Mikawa.
Battle of Okehazama and death
Main article: Battle of Okehazama
In the summer of 1560, after forming a three-way alliance with the Takeda and the Hōjō, Yoshimoto headed out to the capital with Matsudaira Motoyasu (later known as 'Tokugawa Ieyasu') of Mikawa in the vanguard. Despite having a strong force of 25,000, Yoshimoto deliberately announced that he had 40,000 troops. While this statement put fear in many factions, Oda Nobunaga of Owari Province saw through it. (Some historical sources support the claim of 40,000.)
With many victories, Yoshimoto's army was letting its guard down, celebrating with song and sake. A surprise attack by the Oda army of 3,000 following a downpour left Yoshimoto's army in complete disorder. Two Oda samurai (Mōri Shinsuke and Hattori Koheita) ambushed the Imagawa army and killed Yoshimoto, in the village of Dengakuhazama.
Imagawa Ujizane succeeded to family headship after Yoshimoto's death, but the Imagawa clan fell from power. Ujizane was later summoned by Tokugawa Ieyasu and became a kōke in the administration of the Tokugawa clan. Yoshimoto's niece was Lady Tsukiyama, the wife of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Yoshimoto has several graves; his body itself is buried at Daisei-ji, a temple in the city of Toyokawa in modern Aichi Prefecture.

**Lord(s):** 足利義晴 → 義輝

**Father:**今川氏親

**Mother:**寿桂尼（中御門宣胤の娘）

**Sibling(s):** 氏輝、彦五郎、玄広恵探、象耳泉奘、義元、氏豊、瑞渓院（北条氏康室）、女（松平親善室のちに鵜殿長持室）、女（中御門宣綱室）、女（瀬名氏俊室）、女（関口親永室）、女（大谷吉秀室）

**Spouse(s):**正室：定恵院（武田信虎の娘）側室：井伊直平の娘説あり。

**Children:**氏真、一月長得、嶺松院（武田義信室）、隆福院、女（牟礼勝重室）