Nanbu Yoshimoto

Nanbu Yoshimoto was a warrior of the late Kamakura period and the first head of the Kai branch of the Nanbu clan. The fifth son of Nanbu Tokizane, third head of the main Nanbu line, he was enfeoffed by his father with the Nanbu-no-shō estate in Kai Province and established his own house there.

During the Genkō War of 1333, when Nitta Yoshisada's rising overthrew the Hōjō regime, Yoshimoto returned to Kai. His heir Yoshiyuki succeeded him as second head of the Kai Nanbu.