was a powerful warlord in

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. He was the son of Chōsokabe Kanetsugu. His childhood name was Senyumaru (千熊丸).　 After his father Chōsokabe Kanetsugu was attacked by local lords and he killed himself in the

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in 1508, Kunichika was raised by the aristocrat

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in Tosa Province.　Kunichika gave his third son

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for adoption to the Kōsokabe Clan in 1558. He reconciled with the Motoya clan and gathered strength. In 1560, at the

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, 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. Kunichika won the Motoyama clan and died soon after, and was succeeded by his son,

Chōsokabe Motochika was a prominent ''daimyō'' in Japanese Sengoku period, Sengoku-period. He was the 21st chief of the Chōsokabe clan of Tosa Province (present-day Kōchi Prefecture), the ruler of Shikoku, Shikoku region. Early life and rise He was the son and ...

Family

* Father: Chōsokabe Kanetsugu * Wife: Osachi no Kata * Children: **

by Osachi no Kata ** Kira Chikasada (1541–1576) ** Motoyama no Kata married Motoyama Shigetoki **

(1543–1593) ** Shima Chikamasu (d. 1571) ** daughter married Ike Yorikazu ** Oyo no Kata married Hakawa Kiyomune

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chosokabe, Kunichika Daimyo Chōsokabe clan 1504 births 1560 deaths People from Kōchi Prefecture