Hoshina Masatoshi Explained

Order:Head of Hoshina clan
Predecessor:Hoshina Masanori
Successor:Hoshina Masanao
Hoshina Masatoshi
Native Name:保科 正俊
Native Name Lang:jpn
Nickname:"Yari Danjo"
Birth Date:1509
Death Date:1593 (aged 84)
Allegiance: Takeda clan
Unit:Hoshina clan
Battles:Shinano Campaign
Battles of Kawanakajima
Kozuke Campaign
Suruga Campaign
Odawara Campaign

(1509–1593) was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period, who served the Takeda clan. He was the head of Hoshina clan, son of Hoshina Masanori. Masatoshi served under Shingen from the latter's earliest campaigns and fought in many of battles.

He initially opposed Takeda Shingen's invasion of Shinano; however, he later submitted to Shingen and became a Takeda general, in command of 120 cavalry.

Together with Sanada Yukitaka and Kōsaka Masanobu, he was one of the three "Danjo" (Danjō stands for a formal title, Danjōchū; 弾正忠) in the Takeda clan, distinguished from the others as "Yari Danjō" (槍弾正), due to his skilled use of the spear.

Masatoshi was succeeded by his son Hoshina Masanao.

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