Hoshina Masatoshi
Hoshina Masatoshi was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period, who served the Takeda clan. He was the head of Hoshina clan, son of Hoshina Masanori. Masatoshi served under Shingen from the latter's earliest campaigns and fought in many of battles.
He initially opposed Takeda Shingen's invasion of Shinano; however, he later submitted to Shingen and became a Takeda general, in command of 120 cavalry.
Together with Sanada Yukitaka and Kōsaka Masanobu, he was one of the three "Danjo" in the Takeda clan, distinguished from the others as "Yari Danjō", due to his skilled use of the spear.
Masatoshi was succeeded by his son Hoshina Masanao.
Family
- Father: Hoshina Masanori
- Sons:
- * Hoshina Masanao
- * Hoshina Masakatsu
- * Naito Masaaki