Changes

* ''Distinction: [[Asakura clan|Asakura]], then [[Oda clan|Oda]] retainer''

* ''Distinction: [[Asakura clan|Asakura]], then [[Oda clan|Oda]] retainer''

* ''Other names: Tobashi Kageakira''

* ''Other names: Tobashi Kageakira''

 

Kageakira was a son of [[Asakura Kagetaka]] and held [[Ino castle]] in [[Echizen province]]. He commanded the Asakura army at various times after the battles of [[1570]] but became so disgusted with [[Ashikaga Yoshiakira|Yoshiakira's]] weak leadership that he went over to [[Oda Nobunaga]] when the latter invaded Echizen in [[1573]]. To prove his earnesty he betrayed the whereabouts of [[Asakura Yoshikage]], who had gone into hiding. Nobunaga granted him a fief in Echizen and he changed his name to Tobashi Kageakira. In [[1574]] the Echizen ikko, supported by fighters from [[Kaga province|Kaga]] commanded by [[Shimotsuma Raisho]] and others, rebelled and Kageakira led out his troops to face them. He was overwhelmed and died fighting on 5/4/1574.

Kageakira was a son of [[Asakura Kagetaka]] and held [[Ino castle]] in [[Echizen province]]. He commanded the Asakura army at various times after the battles of [[1570]] but became so disgusted with [[Ashikaga Yoshiakira|Yoshiakira's]] weak leadership that he went over to [[Oda Nobunaga]] when the latter invaded Echizen in [[1573]]. To prove his earnesty he betrayed the whereabouts of [[Asakura Yoshikage]], who had gone into hiding. Nobunaga granted him a fief in Echizen and he changed his name to Tobashi Kageakira. In [[1574]] the Echizen ikko, supported by fighters from [[Kaga province|Kaga]] commanded by [[Shimotsuma Raisho]] and others, rebelled and Kageakira led out his troops to face them. He was overwhelmed and died fighting on 5/4/1574.