Kobayakawa no Nobuhira
Kobayakawa no Nobuhira was a warrior of the late Kamakura and Northern and Southern Courts period who headed the Numata-Kobayakawa clan of Aki Province, succeeding his father Tomohira.
He distributed the Numata estate lands among his several sons, one taking newly opened fields in 1341, with branch houses including the Ikuguchi and Ura families founded in the process. Under him the clan expanded into the Geiyo Islands of the Seto Inland Sea, laying the base of the Kobayakawa navy.