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Nobutora was the eldest son of [[Takeda Nobutsuna]], the lord of [[Kai Province]]. His mother was from the [[Iwashita clan|Iwashita]] family. Nobutsuna, lord since 1491, died of illness in [[1507]] and Nobutora duly succeeded him at a time when the Takeda, and Kai itself, was politically fractured.  He was known at this time as Nobunao.  His uncle [[Takeda Nobue|Nobue]] challenged Nobutora's authority and fighting broke out between their two factions.  Nobutora attacked Nobue and his supporters the following year ([[1508]]) and in the course of the fighting Nobue and his his ally, [[Oyamada Nobutaka]], were killed.  However, other important families within Kai, including the [[Oi family|Ôi]] and [[Oyamada family|Oyamada]], now led by [[Oyamada Nobuari]], continued to oppose him.  Nobutora forced the submission of the Oyamada in 1510 and the following year married a daughter to Nobuari.  However, the Ôi of southern Kai were supported by the [[Imagawa clan|Imagawa]] family of [[Suruga province|Suruga]] and proved more formidable.  In 1517, however, [[Imagawa Ujichika]] withdrew his troops from Kai and [[Oi Nobutatsu|Ôi Nobutatsu]] was compelled to come to terms with Nobutora.  Nobutora married Nobutatu's daughter and this union would produce four of Nobutora's sons: Harunobu (Shingen), Nobushige, Nobutomo, and Nobukado.  In 1530 he was to take the widow of [[Uesugi Norifusa]] as a concubine.  Additionally, he was to maintain concubines from the Imai, Kudo, Kusuura, and Matsuo families.

Nobutora was the eldest son of [[Takeda Nobutsuna]], the lord of [[Kai Province]]. His mother was from the [[Iwashita clan|Iwashita]] family. Nobutsuna, lord since 1491, died of illness in [[1507]] and Nobutora duly succeeded him at a time when the Takeda, and Kai itself, was politically fractured.  He was known at this time as Nobunao.  His uncle [[Takeda Nobue|Nobue]] challenged Nobutora's authority and fighting broke out between their two factions.  Nobutora attacked Nobue and his supporters the following year ([[1508]]) and in the course of the fighting Nobue and his his ally, [[Oyamada Nobutaka]], were killed.  However, other important families within Kai, including the [[Oi family|Ôi]] and [[Oyamada family|Oyamada]], now led by [[Oyamada Nobuari]], continued to oppose him.  Nobutora forced the submission of the Oyamada in 1510 and the following year married a daughter to Nobuari.  However, the Ôi of southern Kai were supported by the [[Imagawa clan|Imagawa]] family of [[Suruga province|Suruga]] and proved more formidable.  In 1517, however, [[Imagawa Ujichika]] withdrew his troops from Kai and [[Oi Nobusato|Ôi Nobusato]] was compelled to come to terms with Nobutora.  Nobutora married Nobutatu's daughter and this union would produce four of Nobutora's sons: Harunobu (Shingen), Nobushige, Nobutomo, and Nobukado.  In 1530 he was to take the widow of [[Uesugi Norifusa]] as a concubine.  Additionally, he was to maintain concubines from the Imai, Kudo, Kusuura, and Matsuo families.

   

   

In 1519 Nobutora established the center of the Takeda clan at [[Tsutsujigaseki]] [躑躅ヶ崎館] in Fuchu.  This moated mansion complex would remain the center of the Takeda clan for the next sixty years, until [[Takeda Katsuyori]] moved the family to Nirayama.  In [[1521]], Ôi Nobutatsu again defied his authority and war broke out.  Imagawa Ujichika came to Nobutatsu's support once more and ordered his retainer [[Kushima Masanari]] to launch an attack into Kai.  Nobutora defeated Masashige at Iidagawara and afterwards Nobutatsu submitted, retired and became a monk.  Around this time Nobutora's eldest son, the future Shingen, was born.   

In 1519 Nobutora established the center of the Takeda clan at [[Tsutsujigaseki]] [躑躅ヶ崎館] in Fuchu.  This moated mansion complex would remain the center of the Takeda clan for the next sixty years, until [[Takeda Katsuyori]] moved the family to Nirayama.  In [[1521]], Ôi Nobutatsu again defied his authority and war broke out.  Imagawa Ujichika came to Nobutatsu's support once more and ordered his retainer [[Kushima Masanari]] to launch an attack into Kai.  Nobutora defeated Masashige at Iidagawara and afterwards Nobutatsu submitted, retired and became a monk.  Around this time Nobutora's eldest son, the future Shingen, was born.