Shōni Yorihisa

Shōni Yorihisa (1294–1372) was sixth head of the Shōni house of Kyushu. In 1333 he joined the Genkō War and helped his father Sadatsune destroy the Hōjō deputy at Hakata. He fought beside Ashikaga Takauji at Tatarahama in 1336 and Minatogawa, receiving several provincial shugo posts in return.

In 1349 he backed Ashikaga Tadafuyu, marrying him to his daughter, and later joined the Southern Court's Prince Kanenaga against the Isshiki. Defeated by Kikuchi Takemitsu at the Chikugogawa in 1359 and driven from Dazaifu in 1361, he retired to Kyoto in 1367 and died in 1372.