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* ''Birth: [[1563]]''
* ''Death: [[1625]]''
* ''Distinction: [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]] retainer''
* ''Alternate names: Nagai Denpachiro''
Naokatsu was a retainer of [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] and at first served [[Tokugawa Nobuyasu]]. Naokatsu achieved some notoriety for cutting down [[Ikeda Nobuteru]] at the [[Battle of Nagakute]] ([[1584]]). He was later awarded [[Kasama castle]] in Hitachi Province (1615) after taking part in the Osaka Summer Campaign, then Koga Castle in [[Shimosa province|Shimôsa province]] ([[1622]]). He was a close friend of another well-known Tokugawa retainer who distinguished himself in conjunction with the Battle of Nagakute, [[Ando Naotsugu]].
==References==
* Initial text from [http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com] FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
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