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* ''Birth: [[1542]]''
* ''Death: [[1601]]''
* ''Titles: Danjô, Echizen no kami''
* ''Distinction: [[Takeda clan|Takeda]], [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]] retainer''
Masanao was the son of [[Hoshino Masatoshi]] and held [[Takato castle|Takatô castle]] in [[Shinano province]]. He first served [[Takeda Shingen]], then [[Takeda Katsuyori]]. Following the defeat of the Takeda in [[1582]], Masanao briefly served [[Hojo Ujinao|Hôjô Ujinao]] but later switched his loyalties to [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] and received the castle of Tako in [[Shimosa province|Shimôsa province]]. After [[1600]], he went back to Takato (now held by his son [[Hoshino Masamitsu) and died there in 1601.
==References==
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[[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]