Nawa Akioki

Nawa Akioki, son of Nawa Motonaga, was a Southern Court warrior of the Northern and Southern Courts era. After Nawa Nagatoshi and his heir Yoshitaka were killed fighting Ashikaga Takauji and the clan broke, Akioki was adopted as Yoshitaka's heir and withdrew to Higo Province under Kikuchi Takemitsu.

He settled at Yatsushiro and held Furumoto Castle, and with the Kikuchi formed the core of the Southern Court cause in Kyushu, taking Ashikita district from the Sagara. He resisted the Kyushu tandai Imagawa Ryōshun until 1391, when Furumoto was besieged and he surrendered, his lands confirmed.