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Honda Tadakatsu

1548 - 1610

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Honda Tadakatsu (本多 忠勝; March 17, 1548 – December 3, 1610), also called Honda Heihachirō (本多 平八郎) was a Japanese samurai, general, and daimyo of the late Sengoku through early Edo periods, who served Tokugawa Ieyasu. Honda Tadakatsu was one of the Tokugawa Four Heavenly Kings (Shitennō) along with Ii Naomasa, Sakakibara Yasumasa, and Sakai Tadatsugu. It was reported that he never suffered a single wound despite participating in a total of 57 military campaigns throughout his life. For his fighting prowess on the battlefield Honda Tadakatsu has earned many praises from various contemporary figures such as Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and even Ieyasu himself. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Honda Tadakatsu is the 406th most popular military personnel (up from 474th in 2019), the 212th most popular biography from Japan (up from 253rd in 2019) and the 20th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

Honda Tadakatsu was a samurai who served Tokugawa Ieyasu during the Battle of Sekigahara. He is most famous for his bravery in battle and his loyalty to his lord.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Honda Tadakatsu ranks 406 out of 2,058. Before him are Bonifacius, Hans-Valentin Hube, Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, Jean II Le Maingre, Francisco de Miranda, and Xanthippus of Carthage. After him are Kirill Meretskov, Erich Kempka, Vladimir Gelfand, Otto Kretschmer, Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, and Jean-Baptiste Jourdan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1548, Honda Tadakatsu ranks 7. Before him are Giordano Bruno, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Simon Stevin, Francisco Suárez, Karel van Mander, and Vincenzo Scamozzi. After him are William V, Duke of Bavaria, Bianca Cappello, Palma il Giovane, Catherine of Cleves, Fatma Sultan, and Antonio Priuli. Among people deceased in 1610, Honda Tadakatsu ranks 7. Before him are Caravaggio, Henry IV of France, Matteo Ricci, Ludolph van Ceulen, François Ravaillac, and Frederick IV, Elector Palatine. After him are Adam Elsheimer, Anna of Sweden, False Dmitry II, Catherine Vasa of Sweden, Hasegawa Tōhaku, and Anthony Jenkinson.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Honda Tadakatsu ranks 212 out of 6,245. Before him are Kazuyoshi Miura (1967), Hideki Shirakawa (1936), Sakichi Toyoda (1867), Ashikaga Yoshiaki (1537), Syukuro Manabe (1931), and Imagawa Yoshimoto (1519). After him are Taira no Kiyomori (1118), Hiroyuki Sanada (1960), Tsukasa Hosaka (1937), Sesshū Tōyō (1420), Shojiro Sugimura (1905), and Ryuzo Shimizu (1902).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Honda Tadakatsu ranks 20. Before him are Tomoyuki Yamashita (1885), Tadamichi Kuribayashi (1891), Tōgō Heihachirō (1848), Shunroku Hata (1879), Okita Sōji (1842), and Iwane Matsui (1878). After him are Sanada Yukimura (1567), Nogi Maresuke (1849), Tamon Yamaguchi (1892), Yamagata Aritomo (1838), Mitsuru Ushijima (1887), and Hijikata Toshizō (1835).

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