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**Chōsokabe Motochika**  (長宗我部 (ちょうそかべ)元親 (もとちか), *****Chōsokabe Motochika*****? Chōsokabe Motochika) is the current head of the Chōsokabe Clan. She serves as a recruitable general since Sengoku Hime 1, and has appeared in all 7 of the games in the Sengoku Hime series, Tengokuhime 1, Jangoku Hime and the upcoming Shin § Sengoku Hime.

## Introduction

**Sengoku Hime 1:** The young head of the Chosokabe family.
At first glance he looks like a girl, but he is a decent boy. He is obedient and unsuspecting of others
He has a personality and is weak. He is often bullied by his vassal, Chiga Kutake, but he likes Chika Kutake.
His dream is to become a good and masculine master and to have Kutakeko Riki as his wife.

一見すると女の子にしか見えないが、れっきとした男の子。他人を疑うことを知らない素直な
性格をしており気が弱い。家臣である久武チガによく苛められているが、本人は久武チカのことが好き。
立派で男しい当主になって、久武子力をお嫁さんにするのが夢。
CV:高槻つばさ 原画:西脇ゆうり

**Sengoku Hime 2:** The young head of the Chosokabe family. He looks like a girl at first glance, but he is a decent boy. He has a straightforward personality that does not doubt others and is weak.
He is often bullied by his vassal, Chika Kutake, but he likes Chika Kutake.
He dreams of becoming a good and masculine master and having Kutake Chiriki as his wife.

長宗我部家の若き当主。一見すると女の子にしか見えないがれっきとした男の子。他人を疑うことを知らない素直な性格をしており気が弱い。
家臣である久武チカによく苛められているが、本人は久武チカのことが好き。
立派で男らしい当主になって、久武チ力をお嫁さんにするのが夢。

**Sengoku Hime 3:** The sitting figure is like a doll, the way of speaking and the gesture are graceful, and the appearance and gestures are very cute girls ... but in reality, they are men. It's easy for everyone to think that she's a woman without being noticed as a man, but she's a retreat, so I can't say anything about it. She has been with Chika since she was a child.

ＣＶ：高槻つばさ　デザイナー：ネムネム

**Sengoku Hime 4:** The head of the Chosokabe family who governs Tosa in Shikoku.
He is ridiculed as "Himewakako" because of his beautiful appearance and gentle personality, but his heart is a genuine boy.
Perhaps because he was teased around him, he feels inferior to his appearance.
He seems to have a loved one, and he is trying hard every day to become a man who can protect the child. From that figure, we can see a glimpse of a promising owner.

まるで麗しの姫君のような容貌とおとなしい性格から『姫若子』と揶揄されているが、その心は正真正銘、男の子。
周りにさんざんからかわれたためか、自分の容姿には劣等感を持っている。
想い人がいるらしく、その子を守れる男になろうと日々がんばっている。その姿からは、将来有望な当主としての片鱗がうかがえる。
【デザイナー：さいばし】　【演者：桃井いちご】

**Sengoku Hime 5:** The head of the Chosokabe family. Due to her original quiet personality, she was called Himewako from an early age and was worried about what she was doing as her main character, but she awakened after her first team. Because of her strength, she came to be called "Oni Wakako" with respect from her vassals. She is trying to look stronger because of her awareness that she cannot protect Chosokabe unless she is strong, but her roots are kind and gentle, so she struggles with that.

デザイナー：kakaoＣＶ：桃井いちご

**Sengoku Hime 6:** The head of the Chosokabe family. He used to be thought of as a coward, and although he was worried about his master's skill, he was active in the first team. He changed his eyes and became known as "Oni Wakako" by canceling the nickname "Hime Wakako". Although he behaves patiently because he wants to be strong, he is actually a gentle and quiet person.

デザイナー：相音うしお 演者：桃井いちご

**Sengoku Hime 7:**The head of the Chosokabe family. She was called Himewako when she was young, but as she grew up she became feared as a demon Wakako because of her bravery.
Even after she became afraid of being a demon young child, her appearance has remained cute since she was a child.

演者:夢野ぼたん
長宗我部家の当主。幼き頃は姫若子と呼ばれていたが、成長しその武勇から鬼若子と恐れられるようになった。
鬼若子と恐れられるようになってからも、外見は幼い頃から相変わらずのかわいさを保っている。

**Tengoku Hime 1:** The head of the Chosokabe family. Due to her original quiet personality, she was called Himewako from an early age and was worried about what she was doing as her main character, but she awakened after her first team.
Because of her strength, she came to be called "Oni Wakako" with respect from her vassals. She is trying to look stronger because of her awareness that she cannot protect Chosokabe unless she is strong, but her roots are kind and gentle, so she struggles with that.

そのあまりの強さから家臣から敬いも込められて『鬼若子』と呼ばれるようになった。強くなければ長宗我部を守れないという当主としての自覚から、より強く見せようとしているのだが、根は優しく大人しいのでそのことを葛藤してしまう。

**Jan Goku Hime:** The next head of the Chosokabe family. He looks like a girl at first glance, but he is a decent boy.
He has a straightforward personality that doesn't doubt others and is distracting. He is often bullied by his vassal, Chika Kutake, but he likes Chika Kutake. As an educator, he respects Soma, and when he becomes the head of the family, he wants Chika to support him on his side.

長宗我部家の次期当主。一見すると女の子にしか見えないがれっきとした男の子。
他人を疑うことを知らない素直な性格をしており気が引い。家臣である久武チカによく苛められているが、本人は久武チカのことが好き。教育係として颯馬のことを尊敬しており、自分が当主となった時は是非チカと共に自分の側で支えて欲しいと思っている。

**Shin § Sengoku Hime:** The head of the Chosokabe family.
If she keeps silent, there are many people who are fascinated by her ephemeral beauty like a lady of a deep window, but she is just calm and quiet.
He loves fighting and lives for the fight, so he doesn't care what people think of him.

黙っていれば深窓の令嬢のような儚げな美貌でその姿に魅了される者も数多くいるが、ただ冷静で口数が少ないだけ。
当の本人は戦いを愛し、戦のために生きているため人からどう思われているかなど気にしてはいない。
原画: 接庭太陽
演者: 成瀬未亜

## Historial Infomation

Chōsokabe Motochika (長宗我部 元親, 1539 – July 11, 1599) was a prominent daimyō in Japanese Sengoku-period. He was the 21st chief of the Chōsokabe clan of Tosa Province (present-day Kōchi Prefecture), the ruler of Shikoku region.

He was the son and heir of Chōsokabe Kunichika and his mother was a daughter of the Saitō clan of Mino Province. His childhood name was Yasaburō (弥三郎). He is said to have been born in Okō Castle in the Nagaoka district of Tosa. Motochika was a quiet youth and his father was said to have fretted about the boy's gentle nature (he seems to have been nicknamed Himewako, or 'Little Princess'); Kunichika's worries evaporated when Motochika later proved himself a skilled and brave warrior. When Motochika came of age, his father had already begun to draw away from the Ichijō, and Motochika would carry on his work.
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. This battle is noted for being Chōsokabe Motochika's first battle, in which he fought bravely, greatly impressing his father and his retainers.
In the 1562, Chōsokabe Motochika attacking Asakura castle defeated Motoyama Shigetoki and by forming alliances with local families, Motochika was able to build his power base on the Kōchi plain.
In 1569, while being careful to remain ostensibly loyal to the Ichijō over the next few years, Motochika's power grew to the extent that he was strong enough to march on the rival Aki clan of east Tosa with 7,000 men, He defeated Aki Kunitora at Battle of Yanagare, then went on to take Aki Castle.
In the course of the decade he was awarded the court rank Ministry of Imperial Household (Kunai shō) and was sufficiently confident after the reduction of the Aki to finally turn on the Ichijō.
Unification of Shikoku
In 1573, While still lord of the Hata district of Tosa, Ichijō Kanesada was unpopular and had already suffered the defection of a number of important retainers. Seizing the opportunity, Motochika wasted no time in marching on the Ichijō's headquarters at Nakamura, and Kanesada fled to Bungo, defeated.
In 1575, at the Battle of Shimantogawa (Battle of Watarigawa), he defeated the Ichijo family. Thus he ended up gaining control of Tosa Province.
Following his conquest of Tosa, Motochika turned north and prepared for an invasion of Iyo province. The lord of that province was Kōno Michinao, a daimyo who had once been driven from his domain by the Utsunomiya clan, returning only with the assistance of the powerful Mōri clan. However, it was unlikely that Kōno could count on that sort of help again as the Mōri were embroiled in a war with Oda Nobunaga. Nonetheless, Chōsokabe's campaign in Iyo did not go off without a hitch.
In 1579, 7,000-man Chōsokabe army, commanded by Kumu Yorinobu, met the forces of Doi Kiyonaga at the Battle of Mimaomote. In the ensuing battle, Kumu was killed and his army defeated, though the loss proved little more than an unfortunate delay. The next year, Motochika led some 30,000 men into Iyo Province, and forced Kōno to flee to Bungo province.
With little interference from either the Mōri or the Ōtomo, Chōsokabe was free to press onwards, and in 1582, he stepped up ongoing raids into Awa province and defeated the Miyoshi clan, led by Sogō Masayasu at the Battle of Nakatomigawa.
Later, Motochika advanced to Sanuki province defeated Sengoku Hidehisa at Battle of Hiketa. By 1583, Chōsokabe forces had subdued both Awa and Sanuki. Over the ensuing decade, he extended his power to all of Shikoku island, making Motochika's dream of ruling all of Shikoku a reality.
Conflict with Hideyoshi
In 1584, Toyotomi Hideyoshi won a political victory against Tokugawa Ieyasu, securing his position as paramount warlord. Hideyoshi began expanding his rule from outside his base in central Honshu and decided to invade Shikoku.
In 1585, Toyotomi Hideyoshi launched an attack against Chōsokabe Motochika, and seized Shikoku island, the smallest of Japan's four main islands.
Shikoku campaign
Main article: Invasion of Shikoku
In 1585, Toyotomi forces invaded Shikoku island with a force of 113,000 men, led by Ukita Hideie, Kobayakawa Takakage, Kikkawa Motoharu, Hashiba Hidenaga, and Hashiba Hidetsugu against 40,000 soldiers of the Chōsokabe clan. Despite the overwhelming size of Hideyoshi's army, Chōsokabe chose to fight to defend his territories. The battles culminated in the siege of Ichinomiya Castle, which lasted for 26 days. Motochika surrendered, and forfeited Awa, Sanuki, and Iyo Provinces; Hideyoshi permitted him to retain Tosa.
Service under Hideyoshi
Under Hideyoshi, in 1587 Motochika and his son Nobuchika participated in the invasion of neighboring Kyūshū in which Nobuchika died at Battle of Hetsugigawa. In 1590, Motochika led a fleet in the Siege of Shimoda and Siege of Odawara, and also fought in the Japanese invasions of Korea in 1592.
In 1596 the Spanish ship San Felipe was wrecked in Chōsokabe territory while en route from Manila to Acapulco. Motochika seized the cargo of the ship, and the incident escalated all the way up to Hideyoshi, leading to the crucifixion of 26 Christians in Nagasaki, the first lethal persecution of Christians by the state in Japan.
Death
Motochika died in 1599 at age 60 at his mansion in Fushimi. His successor was Chōsokabe Morichika. In addition to his leadership, Motochika is remembered for his '100-Article Code of the Chōsokabe' and his struggle to found an economically strong castle town, moving in the course of his career from Oko to Otazaka and on to Urado.

**Lord(s):** 細川晴元 → 一条兼定 → 豊臣秀吉 → 秀頼

**Father:** 長宗我部国親

**Mother:** 斎藤氏の娘（祥鳳玄陽）

**Sibling(s):** **元親**、親貞、親泰、親益、本山夫人（本山茂辰室）、女（池頼和室）、養甫尼（波川清宗室）

**Spouse(s):** 正室：元親夫人（石谷頼辰・斎藤利三の異父妹）側室：小少将、小宰相

**Children:** 信親、香川親和、津野親忠、盛親、右近大夫、康豊、女（一条内政室）、女（吉良親実室）、阿古姫（佐竹親直室）、女（吉松十右衛門室）