MILITARY PERSONNEL

Hōjō Ujiyasu

1515 - 1571

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Hōjō Ujiyasu (北条 氏康, 1515 – October 21, 1571) was a daimyō (warlord) and third head of the Odawara Hōjō clan. Known as the "Lion of Sagami", he was revered as a fearsome samurai and a cunning man. He is famous for his strategies of breaking the siege from Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hōjō Ujiyasu has received more than 146,995 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Hōjō Ujiyasu is the 981st most popular military personnel (down from 907th in 2019), the 678th most popular biography from Japan and the 62nd most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hōjō Ujiyasu ranks 981 out of 2,058. Before her are Justinian, Federico Gravina, Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, Nakano Takeko, Takasugi Shinsaku, and Kosta Pećanac. After her are Ding Ruchang, Fritz Witt, François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé, Yakov Pavlov, Fukushima Masanori, and René Schneider.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1515, Hōjō Ujiyasu ranks 18. Before her are Cipriano de Rore, Felix of Cantalice, Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł, Frederick III, Elector Palatine, Johann Weyer, and Christoph, Duke of Württemberg. After her are Margaret Douglas, Valerius Cordus, Francisco de Toledo, Duarte, Duke of Guimarães, Philip I, Duke of Pomerania, and Giorgio Biandrata. Among people deceased in 1571, Hōjō Ujiyasu ranks 9. Before her are John Sigismund Zápolya, Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg, Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, Mōri Motonari, Titu Cusi, and Marco Antonio Bragadin. After her are Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, Marfa Sobakina, Müezzinzade Ali Pasha, John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin, Giovanni Animuccia, and Setthathirath.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hōjō Ujiyasu ranks 678 out of 6,245. Before her are Kazuhisa Kono (1950), Nakano Takeko (1847), Hayashi Razan (1583), Takasugi Shinsaku (1839), Katō Takaaki (1860), and Masanobu Izumi (1944). After her are Shintaro Katsu (1931), Gotō Shinpei (1857), Yoshio Fujiwara (null), Saigyō (1118), Tōdō Takatora (1556), and Matome Ugaki (1890).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Hōjō Ujiyasu ranks 62. Before her are Gunichi Mikawa (1888), Hiroshi Ōshima (1886), Shūmei Ōkawa (1886), Takeo Takagi (1892), Nakano Takeko (1847), and Takasugi Shinsaku (1839). After her are Tōdō Takatora (1556), Matome Ugaki (1890), Nagakura Shinpachi (1839), Tomoji Tanabe (1895), Isamu Chō (1895), and Harukichi Hyakutake (1888).

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