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* ''Birth: [[1570]]''
* ''Death: [[1640]]''
* ''Distinction: [[Toyotomi clan|Toyotomi]] retainer, then [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]] retainer''
* ''Title: Genba no Jô''
* ''Sons: [[Arima Tadayori]]

Toyouji was a son of [[Arima Noriyori]]. He first served the [[Watarase clan|Watarase]] until they were implicated in the [[Toyotomi Hidetsugu]] scandal ([[1595]]). He joined [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] after the death of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] ([[1598]]) and commanded 900 men for him at the [[Sekigahara Campaign|Battle of Sekigahara]] ([[1600]]). He fought ferociously at the Seiges of Osaka Castle ([[1614]]; [[1615]]) and is reported to have personally taken 57 heads. He was afterwards awarded at 210,000-koku fief in [[Hyuga province|Hyûga]] (Kurume) and led troops against the [[Shimabara Rebellion]] ([[1637]]-[[1638|38]]).


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