Godai Tomoyoshi

  • Birth: 1539
  • Death: 1626
  • Other name: Godai Katsuzaemon
  • Title: Ukyônosuke
  • Distinction: Shimazu retainer
  • Japanese: 五代友喜 (Godai Tomoyoshi)

Tomoyoshi was a retainer of Shimazu Yoshihisa. He served under Shimazu Yoshihiro at the Battle of Kizakihara against the Itô (1572) and distinguished himself in the hard fighting, in the process capturing an enemy commander, Itô Kaga no kami. He went on to serve in the Odawara Campaign (1590).

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