Shōni

The Shōni were a Kyūshū warrior family descended from the Mutō branch of the Fujiwara, taking their name from an office in the Dazaifu government. They helped defend Japan against the Mongol invasions of 1274 and 1281 and later allied with Ashikaga Takauji during the Northern and Southern Courts wars.

Repeated defeats by the Ōuchi cost the Shōni territory. After his father died in an Ōuchi attack in 1536, Shōni Fuyuhisa restored the family in 1540, but was defeated by Ryūzōji Takanobu and killed himself in 1559.