Shigehiro Ōuchi

Shigehiro Ōuchi was a warrior of Suō Province and the 22nd head of its provincial-official Ōuchi line, succeeding his father Hiroie in 1300. The Ōuchi genealogy records him as a councilor of the Rokuhara tandai in Kyōto.

As leader of the provincial officials he opposed Tōdai-ji monks seizing estates across Suō. From 1312 he lobbied the shogunate and court and backed armed petitions against the administrator Shingen, securing his removal by the end of 1318. He died in the third month of 1320, and his legitimate heir Hiroyuki succeeded.