Kimotsuki Kaneshige

Kimotsuki Kaneshige (d. 1349), second son of the Kimotsuki clan's sixth head Kanefuji, became its eighth head after managing the family lands as deputy for his brother Kanehisa. From late 1335 he held Takajō in Hyūga for the Southern Court, campaigning with the Kikuchi against the Shimazu and Hatakeyama Noriaki.

He repulsed Noriaki's attack on Takajō, but the fortress fell in 1339 and Kimotsuki power in Hyūga declined. He died of illness in 1349 shortly after attacking Ishii Shigenobu, and was succeeded by his son Arikane.