Utsunomiya Hirotsuna

• Born: 1543
• Died: 1580
• Sons: Utsunomiya Kunitsuna, Utsunomiya Yorikatsu, Haga Takasada
• Distinction: Shimotsuke warlord
• Japanese: 宇都宮 広綱 (Utsunomiya Hirotsuna)

Hirotsuna was the son of Utsunomiya Naotsuna. Owing to strife within Shimotsuke following the death of Naotsuna, Hirotsuna was forced to flee to the Satake domain as a child. He was married to a daughter of Satake Yoshiaki and with Yoshiaki's assistance was able to recover the Utsunomiya domain, which had been lost earlier to Nasu Takasada. He was succeeded by his son Kunitsuna.

References

• Initial text from Sengoku Biographical Dictionary (Samurai-Archives.com) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005