Kobayakawa no Shigehira

Kobayakawa no Shigehira (died 1264) was a Kamakura-period warrior and gokenin who held the Numata estate in Aki Province. In 1206 he and his younger brother Suehira divided their father Kagehira's lands, and Shigehira built Takayama Castle, later seat of the Numata-Kobayakawa.

He won distinction on the shogunate side in the Jōkyū War of 1221, receiving the stewardship of the Tsū-Takehara estate in Aki. From 1247 to 1257 he guarded Kyoto and the Rokuhara tandai. He later enfeoffed his younger sons and left the main Numata lands to his heir Masahira.