Sōteki Asakura

Sōteki Asakura was a general of Asakura clan and an advisor for Asakura Yoshikage.

His Nobunaga's Ambition counterpart is forty-third place in Gamecity's character popularity ranking for 2015. The Nobunaga no Yabou 201X poll for 4-star officers puts him in second place. He placed forty in the Nobunaga no Yabou Taishi poll for most favorite father.

Role in Games
In Nobunaga's Ambition series, he first appear in Lord of Darkness in scenario 1555. His status is relatively good, especially in intelligence. In Taishi, his status is very high in earliest scenario along with Hōjō Sōun, Amago Tsunehisa, Hōjō Ujitsuna and Shimazu Nisshinsai.

Historical Information
Asakura Norikage was the of Asakura Toshikage and became a pillar of the Asakura clan. In 1503, Asakura Sadakage rise to the position of daimyō, make some Asakura vassals formed a plot against him. Norikage was approached by a certain Asakura Kagefusa to join the planned rebellion and the former evidently gave his consent. However, Norikage revealed the plot to Sadakage at the last minute and the rebel headquarters at Tsuruga Castle was attacked. Kagefusa had enlisted the aid of the Hosokawa but his family were checked near Lake Biwa en route to Echizen. Kagefusa afterwards fled Echizen and died of illness in 1505.

In 1506, Asakura Norikage defeated an Ikkō army at Kuzuryū River and commanded an expedition into Tango Province in 1517. In 1526, Norikage led an army out in support of the Azai army fight against the Rokkaku army, cementing the alliance between the Azai and Asakura. He marched against the Ikkō of Kaga in 1531 and fought them again in 1555 after he entering the priesthood in 1548. After that, he fell ill and returned to Ichijōdani, leaving the army in the hands of Asakura Kagetaka. He died at the age 78. He was almost certainly the most talented general the Asakura clan, his writings on various military matters have provided a valuable historical record.