Shibata Katsuie became a loyal retainer of Oda Nobunaga after initially plotting against him with his brother, Oda Nobuyuki. Shibata was most famous for the siege of Chokoji castle in 1570. When the castle was almost out of water, he smashed the remaining vessels and ordered his men into a desperate charge against the enemy, who fled at the fury of this onslaught.

 

Hosokawa FujitakaAzai HisamasaAkechi MitsuhideIshida MitsunariOda NobunagaOtani YoshitsuguShibata KatsuieHojo UjiyasuTakeda Harunobu (Shingen)Takeda NobushigeNaoe KanetsuguNagano NarimasaNarita KaihimeTakeda NezuAsakura YoshikageBessho NagaharuAkai NaomasaSeki MorinobuNagao KagetoraHirate KiyohideHonganji KennyoKonoshi TsuruhimeMaeda MatsuKatou YashushiItagaki NobukataKosaka MasanobuAshina MoriujiNagao KagekatsuSanada MasayukiSatake YoshishigeMizunoya MasamuraKitabatake TomonoriUeno Tsuruhime