Nitta Yoshiaki

Nitta Yoshiaki (c. 1318–1337), the eldest son of Nitta Yoshisada, joined his father's rising that overthrew the Kamakura shogunate in 1333. Under the Kenmu government of 1334 he was named governor of Echigo.

After Ashikaga Takauji turned against the restoration, he followed his father north, and in the tenth month of 1336 entered Kanegasaki Castle in Echizen guarding the imperial princes Tsunenaga and Takanaga. Besieged for half a year by Shiba Takatsune's forces, he fired the castle and killed himself with Prince Takanaga when it fell in 1337, aged twenty.