Nagamasa Yamada

Nagamasa Yamada is a samurai sent by the Tokugawa to Siam (present-day Thailand). He served their government, the Ayutthaya Kingdom, as an ambassador. He worked closely with their king, building a good relationship between the countries. He even lead a small Japanese town on their land for their trade.

Role in Games
Nagamasa appears in Samurai Warriors 4: Empires as a minor officer in the later scenarios under the Tokugawa.

He is a rare navigator in Daikoukai Jidai V, Before being promoted to the super rare and is also super rare navigator in event White Day.

He is a supporting officer in Nobunaga no Yabou Ranseiki and Nobunaga Ambition: Sphere of Influence.

Historical Information
Originally, Yamada Nagamasa worked as a litter bearer for Ōkubo Tadasuke, the lord of Numazu. When his master died, he traveled to Siam in 1612 with merchants aboard a Shuinsen ship (Shogunate seal ship) and traveled to the Ayutthaya Kingdom. He joined Tsuda Mataemon as a long term resident. The full historical records are hard to varify, and many legends exist about his time in the Ayutthaya kingdom.

Most of the tales focus on his quick friendship with King Songtham, the twenty-first King of Ayutthaya. The king supposedly allowed Yamada to lead the Japanese volunteer units in Ayutthaya and awarded him the noble rank as Ok-ya Senaphimuk (オークヤー・セーナーピムック, Ōkuyā Sēnāpimukku, ออกญาเสนาภิมุข). Later he received the land on the eastern side of Ayutthaya in order to build a village for Japanese people come to live. The Japanese village is still in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province and have an exhibition about Yamada and Thao Thong Kip Ma (ターオ・トーンキープマー, Tāo Tōnkīpumā, ท้าวทองกีบม้า).

For his efforts at keeping the Spanish out of Ayutthaya, legends claim he was married to a daughter of King Songtham, gaining even greater favor. His advancement in rank apparently even permitted him to collect tax on the trade goods brought in through their port.

Yamada apparently tried to extend the connection between Japan and Siam, but the sudden death of King Songtham ruined his plans. The Ok-ya Sri Worawong struggled with Yamada Nagamasa over establishing Songtham's sons. Sri Worawong killed both sons of Songtham, Chetthathirat and Athittayawong, to place an infant upon the throne. Yamada decided to plan a rebellion against Sri Worawong in order to seek justice for the two sons of King Songtham. However, the battle went poorly, getting injured in the fight. Nagamasa was further poisoned by his medial treatment, thanks to the schemes of Phraya Chaiya. When Sri Worawong ascended to the throne as King Prasat-Thong, he also had driven the Japanese out of Ayutthaya. Shōgun Hidetada learned of Prasat-Thong's actions and decided to reject the trade and terminate relations with Ayutthaya.

There are some stories that tell that Yamada gave his servant go to collect tribute in Pattani but was opposed by Dutch merchants, English merchants and Portuguese merchants living in Pattani. Yamada then opened a war with those foreign merchants in Pattani but was injured and have to retreat.