Takeda Nobutake

Takeda Nobutake (1292–1362) was the seventh head of the Kai Genji Takeda and governor of Aki Province. He campaigned for the Kamakura shogunate during the Genkō War of 1332, then answered Ashikaga Takauji's summons against the Kenmu government, storming Yano Castle in 1335 and fighting loyalist forces in the Kinai.

During the Kannō Disturbance he served as governor of Kai and entered the province. His sons Nobunari and Ujinobu founded the Kai and Aki Takeda lines.