Nawa Yoshitaka

Nawa Yoshitaka (1302–1338) was a warrior of the Northern and Southern Courts period and the eldest son of Nawa Nagatoshi, lord of Nawa in Hōki Province. He fought beside his father at Mount Senjō in 1333 helping Emperor Go-Daigo escape exile on Oki, and entered Kyoto with the imperial army.

Under the Kenmu government he served in the Mushadokoro and in 1334 received the stewardship of Yatsushiro manor in Higo. When Ashikaga Takauji rebelled he served under Kitabatake Akiie and fell at the Battle of Sakaiura on 10 June 1338.