Kusunoki Masasue

Kusunoki Masasue, commonly called Shichirō, was a warrior of the late Kamakura period and the Kemmu government, remembered as Kusunoki Masashige's younger brother. In the Genkō War he fought at Tennō-ji in 1333 and helped defend Kami-Akasaka castle, contributing to the overthrow of the Kamakura shogunate.

The Taiheiki presents him as Masashige's right arm and recounts that he took his own life beside his brother at the battle of Minatogawa in 1336, vowing to destroy the court's foes in seven lives.