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Goeku Chōsei

Goeku Ueekata Chōsei (越来 親方 朝誠; 23 December 1621–1 May 1695) also known by his Chinese style name Shō Mizai (向 美材), was a bureaucrat of the Ryukyu Kingdom.

Goeku was born to an aristocrat family called (向氏湧川殿内), later became the eighth head of this family. He was also a descendant of King Shō Sen'i.

King Shō Tei dispatched a gratitude envoy for his accession to Edo, Japan in 1671. Prince (金武 朝興, also known by Shō Ki 尚 熙) and he was appointed as Envoy (正使, seishi) and Deputy Envoy (副使, fukushi) respectively. They sailed back in the next year.

He served as a member of Sanshikan from 1675 to 1683.