Niiro Tokihisa

Niiro Tokihisa was a Nanboku-chō-period warrior and the first head of the Niiro family, the fourth son of Shimazu Tadamune, head of the Shimazu of Satsuma. In 1335 he was made jitō of Niiro-in in Koyu district, Hyūga province, entered Takajō and took the name Niiro.

In the war between Emperor Go-Daigo and Ashikaga Takauji he followed the main Shimazu house onto Takauji's side. In 1349 he joined the faction of Takauji's brother Tadayoshi and received Kuni-in in Hyūga, but in 1350 Takajō fell to Hatakeyama Naoaki's attack and he moved his base to Kuni-in.