Shō Yoriie

Shō Yoriie, known as Kotarō, was a late-Heian warrior from Kurisaki in Musashi, seat of the Kodama band. The legitimate son of Shō Ienaga, he was the sixth head of the Kodama main house.

In 1184 he followed Minamoto no Noriyori against the Taira and was killed at the Battle of Ichinotani. He left no heir, so the headship passed to his younger brother Ietsugu, and his young widow Myōsei founded Yūsō-ji near his grave in 1202.