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ID Name Province Erasort icon Mei
TSU525 Tsunetsugu Bitchū Koto (987-1596)
經次
tsunetsugu
TSU78 Tsugumune Bitchū Koto (987-1596)
次宗
tsugumune
TSU84 Tsugunari Bitchū Koto (987-1596)
次成
tsugunari
TSU90 Tsugunori Bitchū Koto (987-1596)
次則
tsugunori
TSU92 Tsuguoka Bitchū Koto (987-1596)
次岡
tsuguoka
YUK629 Yukiyasu Bizen Koto (987-1596)
行保
yukiyasu
YOS565 Yoshimura Bitchū Koto (987-1596)
吉村
yoshimura
NAO24 Naohiro Musashi Heisei (1989-present)
壽王武州高倉住人直弘造
juō bushū takakura junin naohiro tsukuru
AKI129 Akihide Tosa Shōwa (1926-1989)
土佐詮秀作
tosa akihide saku
AKI132 Akitoshi Aichi Shōwa (1926-1989)
尾州小牧住加古誠利鍛之
bishū komaki ju kako akitoshi kitau kore
AKI132 Akitoshi Aichi Shōwa (1926-1989)
加古誠利
kako akitoshi
AKI24 Akimitsu Hyūga Shōwa (1926-1989)
日向住人明光作
hyuga junin akimitsu saku
AKI29 Akisuke Tottori Shōwa (1926-1989)
士魂明督之作
shigon akisuke no saku
AKI35 Akifusa Chiba Shōwa (1926-1989)
昭房造
akifusa tsukuru
AKI35 Akifusa Chiba Shōwa (1926-1989)
石井昭房謹作
ishii akifusa kin saku
AKI35 Akifusa Chiba Shōwa (1926-1989)
房陽館山之住昭房造
boyotateyama no ju akifusa tsukuru
AKI35 Akifusa Chiba Shōwa (1926-1989)
阿波國昭房作
awa kuni akifusa saku
AKI36 Akiharu Shōwa (1926-1989)
昭治
akiharu
AKI38 Akihide Tochigi Shōwa (1926-1989)
鉄火入道昭秀作
tekka nyudo akihide saku
AKI38 Akihide Tochigi Shōwa (1926-1989)
源昭秀作之
minamoto akihide saku kore
AKI38 Akihide Tochigi Shōwa (1926-1989)
栗原昭秀謹作之
kurihara akihide kin saku kore
AKI38 Akihide Tochigi Shōwa (1926-1989)
下野住人栗原彦三郎昭秀作之
shimotsuke junin kurihara hikosaburō akihide saku kore
AKI39 Akihira Mino Shōwa (1926-1989)
濃州亀井昭平作
noshu gii akihira saku
AKI40 Akihira Nagano Shōwa (1926-1989)
宮入昭平作
miyairi akihira saku
AKI43 Akihiro Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
於常盤松吉原昭廣作之
oite tokiwamatsu yoshihara akihiro saku kore
AKI44 Akihisa Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
山上昭久
yamagami akihisa
AKI44 Akihisa Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
昭久
akihisa
AKI44 Akihisa Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
北越住山上千里昭久
hokuetsu ju yamagami chisato akihisa
AKI45 Akikane Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
川瀬雅博昭兼
kawase masahiro akikane
AKI47 Akikuni Nagano Shōwa (1926-1989)
四國三郎昭國
shikoku saburō akikuni
AKI48 Akikuni Tosa Shōwa (1926-1989)
四國三郎昭國
shikoku saburō akikuni
AKI48 Akikuni Tosa Shōwa (1926-1989)
近藤昭國
kondō akikuni
AKI50 Akimasa Fukushima Shōwa (1926-1989)
須賀川住顯正作
sukagawa ju akimasa saku
AKI50 Akimasa Fukushima Shōwa (1926-1989)
須賀川誠心齋藤原顯正作
sukagawa seishinsai fujiwara akimasa saku
AKI57 Akimitsu Suruga Shōwa (1926-1989)
駿河住昭光之作
suruga ju akimitsu kore saku
AKI58 Akimori Miyagi Shōwa (1926-1989)
明守作
akimori saku
AKI58 Akimori Miyagi Shōwa (1926-1989)
宮城明守作
miyagi akimori saku
AKI60 Akimori Tochigi Shōwa (1926-1989)
下野國田中昭盛
shimotsuke kuni tanaka akimori
AKI61 Akimune Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
昭宗作
akimune saku
AKI61 Akimune Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
今野昭宗
imano akimune
AKI62 Akinaga Shōwa (1926-1989)
昭長
akinaga
AKI64 Akinori Saitama Shōwa (1926-1989)
佐藤昭則
sato akinori
AKI65 Akisada Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
昭定
akisada
AKI67 Akitada Yamashiro Shōwa (1926-1989)
三條住昭忠作
sanjo ju akitada saku
AKI72 Akitomi Shōwa (1926-1989)
昭富
akitomi
AKI73 Akitomo Shizuoka Shōwa (1926-1989)
昭友
akitomo
AKI73 Akitomo Shizuoka Shōwa (1926-1989)
源昭友
minamoto akitomo
AKI73 Akitomo Shizuoka Shōwa (1926-1989)
昭友謹作
akitomo kin saku
AKI74 Akitomo Tochigi Shōwa (1926-1989)
昭福
akitomo
AKI79 Akitsugu Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
見次作
akitsugu saku