Takeda forcesObu
Obu Toramasa
飯富虎昌
“The Fierce Tiger of Kai / Founder of the Red Devils”
1504–1565 (aged 62)
- Rank / office
- Hyōbu-no-shō
- Domain / base
- Kai
- Banner / crest
- Red armour
- Battles in 3D
- 1 battle
Later imagined depiction · Source: Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
A Takeda elder who served two generations, Nobutora and Shingen, and was called "the fierce tiger of Kai" for his valour. He led the elite "red devils," uniformed in vermilion, who were feared on the battlefield; they became the source of the Takeda red armour that passed from his brother Yamagata Masakage to the Ii. But as tutor to Shingen's heir Yoshinobu he was implicated in the Yoshinobu plot and took his own life.
Life and battlesGold dots mark battles you can watch in 3D
- 1553Tenbun 22
Kawanakajima
Fought the Uesugi as the Takeda vanguard.
- 1561Eiroku 4
The Might of the Red Devils
Led the vermilion elite and made their name known throughout the land.
- 1561
Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima
The "fierce tiger of Kai," founder of the red-armoured troops. He kept absorbing the Uesugi onslaught on the northern wing.
Kawanakajima, Shinano Province 1,500 troops Watch in 3D › - 1565Eiroku 8
The Yoshinobu Affair
Implicated in the heir Yoshinobu's plot, he took his own life.
