Nakama Mitsukeima Eigyoku

• Japanese: 仲間満慶山英極 (Nakama Mitsukeima Eigyoku)

Nakama Mitsukeima Eigyoku was a local chief or power-holder in the Yaeyama Islands in the 15th century, during the period known as the "Era of Rival Chiefs." According to some legends, he was a descendant of Taira clan remnants, individuals who fled mainland Japan in the late 1180s or early 1190s after the Genpei War.

According to some legends, Nakama was based at Kabira on Ishigaki Island and was asked by Oyake Akahachi to join him in an alliance against Nakasone Tuyumya of Miyako Island; after Nakama refused, Akahachi had Nakama killed, as he did to Miusuku Shishikadun as well.

References

• Gregory Smits, Maritime Ryukyu, University of Hawaii Press (2019), 57-58.