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ID Name Province Erasort icon Mei
KAN507 Kanemasa Suruga Koto (987-1596)
駿河國金剛
suruga kuni kanemasa
KAN507 Kanemasa Suruga Koto (987-1596)
金王丸
kaneōmaru maru
KAN507 Kanemasa Suruga Koto (987-1596)
金剛丸
kongo maru
KAN711 Kanefuji Koto (987-1596)
和泉守兼藤
izumi no kami kanefuji
KAN851 Kanehide Kai Koto (987-1596)
菊原九兵衛尉兼秀
kikuhara kubejō kanehide
KAN894 Kanehira Yamato Koto (987-1596)
兼平
kanehira
KAN964 Kanehisa Higo Koto (987-1596)
肥州住兼久
hishū ju kanehisa
KAW1 Kawakaminobe Yamato Koto (987-1596)
川上部
kawakaminobe
MI6 Mike Chikugo Koto (987-1596)
三池
mike
MI6 Mike Chikugo Koto (987-1596)
三木
miki
NAG201 Nagahiro Koto (987-1596)
長洞
nagahiro
NAG349 Nagamoto Ōmi Koto (987-1596)
近江國住人長基
omi kuni junin nagamoto
NAG349 Nagamoto Ōmi Koto (987-1596)
江州住人長基
gōshū junin nagamoto
NAG384 Naganori Koto (987-1596)
長永
naganori
NAG414 Nagase Bizen Koto (987-1596)
長瀬
nagase
NAG447 Nagatoshi Bizen Koto (987-1596)
備州長船長利
bishū osafune nagatoshi
NAG492 Nagatsura Koto (987-1596)
長洞
nagatsura
NAO158 Naoshige Bungo Koto (987-1596)
直重
naoshige
NAO220 Naotsune Bizen Koto (987-1596)
備前國直經
bizen kuni naotsune
NAO263 Naomori Koto (987-1596)
尚盛
naomori
NAR116 Narizane Bitchū Koto (987-1596)
業實
narizane
NAR117 Narizane Bizen Koto (987-1596)
業實
narizane
NAR124 Naritaka Bizen Koto (987-1596)
業高
naritaka
NAR125 Nariyoshi Sanuki Koto (987-1596)
業吉
nariyoshi
NAR50 Narinobu Bizen Koto (987-1596)
成信
narinobu
NI21 Nihonichi Yamashiro Koto (987-1596)
三条日本一
sanjō nihonichi
NOB122 Nobuyuki Satsuma Koto (987-1596)
波平延行
naminohira nobuyuki
NOB183 Nobuhira Bingo Koto (987-1596)
備後信平
bingo nobuhira
NOB191 Nobuhisa Bizen Koto (987-1596)
備州長船信久
bishū osafune nobuhisa
NOB233 Nobukane Bingo Koto (987-1596)
信兼
nobukane
NOB370 Nobumori Bingo Koto (987-1596)
備後國三原住信守
bingo kuni mihara ju nobumori
NOB398 Nobunaga Kaga Koto (987-1596)
加州住人信長
kashū junin nobunaga
NOB539 Nobutsugu Bingo Koto (987-1596)
備州住信次
bishū ju nobutsugu
NOB59 Nobumune Bizen Koto (987-1596)
備前國延宗
bizen kuni nobumune
NOB692 Nobutsune Mutsu Koto (987-1596)
順常
nobutsune
NOR23 Noriyasu Koto (987-1596)
藤原入道法安
fujiwara nyudō noriyasu
NOR263 Norinawa Izumo Koto (987-1596)
備前吉井住則繩
bizen yoshii ju norinawa
NOR266 Norioku Bizen Koto (987-1596)
則奥
norioku
NOR282 Norisada Tosa Koto (987-1596)
則貞
norisada
NOR294 Norizane Koto (987-1596)
方便則眞
hōben norizane
NOR295 Norizane Koto (987-1596)
則眞
norizane
NOR391 Noritsuna Chikuzen Koto (987-1596)
筑州住則綱
chikushū ju noritsuna
NOR518 Norinaga Mino Koto (987-1596)
濃州住徳永
nōshū ju norinaga
NOR534 Norihiro Koto (987-1596)
徳廣
norihiro
NOR548 Noriyuki Izu Koto (987-1596)
伊豆國範行
izu kuni noriyuki
NOR63 Norihiko Koto (987-1596)
則彦
norihiko
NOR72 Norihiro Etchū Koto (987-1596)
則弘
norihiro
NYU7 Nyusai Kii Koto (987-1596)
入西
nyusai
TAD74 Tadakuni Bitchū Koto (987-1596)
忠國
tadakuni
TAD100 Tadakuni Koto (987-1596)
忠國
tadakuni