Akaike Nagatō


Akaike Nagatō was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period who served the Sagara clan of southern Kyūshū and held the court title of Izu no Kami. The lord of Akaike Castle in Higo Province, Akaike achieved fame at the fight at Ōkuchi Castle in 1568, when he defeated the forces of Shimazu Yoshihiro at the Battle of Dō-ga-saki.