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Akechi Mitsuhide

1526 - 1582

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Akechi Mitsuhide (明智 光秀; March 10, 1528 – July 2, 1582), first called Jūbei from his clan and later Koretō Hyūga no Kami (惟任日向守) from his title, was a Japanese samurai general of the Sengoku period. Mitsuhide was originally a bodyguard of the last Ashikaga shōgun Ashikaga Yoshiaki and later, one of the trusted generals under daimyō Oda Nobunaga during his war of political unification in Japan. Mitsuhide rebelled against Nobunaga for unknown reasons in the Honnō-ji Incident in 1582, forcing the unprotected Nobunaga to commit seppuku in Kyoto. Mitsuhide attempted to establish himself as shōgun, but was pursued by Nobunaga's successor Toyotomi Hideyoshi and defeated at the Battle of Yamazaki. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Akechi Mitsuhide is the 126th most popular military personnel (up from 176th in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Japan (up from 65th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

Akechi Mitsuhide is most famous for his betrayal of Oda Nobunaga, which led to the death of Nobunaga.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Akechi Mitsuhide ranks 126 out of 2,058. Before him are Hamilcar Barca, Theodor Eicke, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Gaius Julius Caesar, Ferdinand Schörner, and Miloš Obilić. After him are Stilicho, Muhammad bin Qasim, Semyon Timoshenko, Cimon, Louis-Nicolas Davout, and Vasily Chuikov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1526, Akechi Mitsuhide ranks 2. Before him is Giuseppe Arcimboldo. After him are Catherine Jagiellon, Elizabeth of Austria, Rafael Bombelli, Augustus, Elector of Saxony, Benedict the Moor, Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf, Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz, and Bâkî. Among people deceased in 1582, Akechi Mitsuhide ranks 4. Before him are Oda Nobunaga, Teresa of Ávila, and Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba. After him are Wu Cheng'en, Mori Ranmaru, Altan Khan, Oda Nobutada, Takeda Katsuyori, Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine, Diego, Prince of Asturias, and Zhang Juzheng.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Akechi Mitsuhide ranks 44 out of 6,245. Before him are Saigō Takamori (1828), Hiroshige (1797), Sadako Sasaki (1943), Gichin Funakoshi (1868), Sasaki Kojirō (1583), and Osamu Tezuka (1928). After him are Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147), Morihei Ueshiba (1883), Akira Toriyama (1955), Sakamoto Ryōma (1836), Takeshi Kitano (1947), and Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Akechi Mitsuhide ranks 7. Before him are Oda Nobunaga (1534), Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542), Hiroo Onoda (1922), Isoroku Yamamoto (1884), Hattori Hanzō (1542), and Saigō Takamori (1828). After him are Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159), Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837), Chūichi Nagumo (1887), Ishida Mitsunari (1559), Toyotomi Hideyori (1593), and Date Masamune (1567).

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