Mototada Torii

Mototada Torii is a Tokugawa general who devoted his life serving Ieyasu. His last stand at Fushimi Castle gave the Eastern Army enough time to regroup and seize victory at Sekigahara.

The Nobunaga no Yabou 201X poll for 3-star officers puts him in fifty-first place.

Role in Games

Mototada appears in the Samurai Warriors games as a minor general of the Tokugawa forces in various campaigns such as Anegawa, Komaki-Nagakute, and Ueda Castle. In Samurai Warriors 3, his forces are stationed at Fushimi Castle. He refuses Yoshihiro's request to join the Western Army, deeming the clan untrustworthy. Before his death, Mototada sets the castle on fire, and Ieyasu remembers his sacrifice.

In the Warriors Orochi series, Mototada sometimes serves as Hanzō's replacement officer when players assume the latter's role.

Voice Actors

Yosuke Akimoto - Nioh
Dennosuke Mikami - Nobunaga no Yabou Hadou
Kōji Fujiyoshi - Nobunaga no Yabou Shutsujin (Japanese)

Live Action Performer

Kuwajirō, Hiroki Katō - Nobunaga no Yabou -Enbu- (2020 version)

Historical Information

Born to Torii Tadayoshi in Okazaki, Mototada was sent to the Imagawa as a hostage together with Matsudaira Takechiyo. Since childhood, he served as a page for Takechiyo and even followed him when the latter changed his name to Ieyasu. As a general, he participated in many of his lord's battles such as Nagashino where he was said to have helped build the battle's famous palisades to counter the Takeda's horses. He succeeded his father as leader of the Torii family in 1572. His wife and concubine were the daughters of Matsudaira Iehiro and Baba Nobuharu respectively. The following year, he fought at Mikatagahara and Suwa Castle, sustaining leg injuries that crippled his ability to walk.

In spite of his wounds, he would go on to lead a squad of 2,000 cavalrymen against the Hōjō's 10,000 men. After the fall of Odawara Castle in 1590, he was given a fief worth 40,000 koku in Shimōsa Province. Furthermore, he also became the guardian of Fushimi Castle sometime during the start of the Sekigahara campaign. On August 27, the much larger Western Army attacked Fushimi Castle to encroach the capital. With only 2,000 soldiers by his side, Mototada fought valiantly for 10 to 11 days and took down 5,000 of the enemy's 40,000 troops. He then committed suicide with his last 10 vassals to avoid capture. Before his death, he wrote a farewell letter to his son and lord, encouraging them to live honorably and remember him as an exemplar to their comrades. Ieyasu mourned for the loss of his friend.

Mototada's sacrifice had a profound impact on the Battle of Sekigahara; it gave the Tokugawa enough time to build up their forces and retaliate Mitsunari's main troops with an army of 90,000 men, resulting in the Western Army's defeat. His grave can be seen at Chionji Temple.

Gallery

Nobunaga's Ambition: Lord of Darkness portrait
Nobunaga no Yabou Haouden portrait
Nobunaga's Ambition Game Boy version portrait
Nobunaga no Yabou Shouseiroku portrait
Nobunaga no Yabou Reppuuden portrait
Nobunaga no Yabou Ranseiki portrait
Nobunaga no Yabou Soutenroku portrait
Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle portrait
Nobunaga no Yabou Tendou portrait
100man-nin no Nobunaga no Yabou portrait
Alternate portrait
Alternate portrait 2
Nobunaga no Yabou 201X portrait
Alternate portrait
Nobunaga no Yabou 20XX portrait
Nobunaga no Yabou Online screenshot
Nobunaga no Yabou Enbu 2020 promotional photo
Torii Mototanya in Samurai Cats

Taiko Risshiden portrait
Taiko Risshiden IV portrait
Taiko Risshiden V portrait
Guntama portrait
Oda Nobunaga Den portrait
Nioh render
Rough concept
Nioh ～Kiniro no Samurai～ appearance
Sengoku IXA portrait
Alternate portrait
Sengoku Bushouki MURAMASA Rank 1 Lovely HR portrait
Rank 2 Lovely HR portrait
Rank 3 Lovely HR portrait
Rank 4 Lovely HR portrait
Lovely SSR portrait
Alternate Lovely SSR portrait
Lovely MR portrait
Alternate Lovely MR portrait
Lovely URR portrait
Tenka Touitsu V portrait
Chou Visual! Sengoku Bushou Great Encyclopedia illustration
Sengoku Bushou Kanzen Visual Guide illustration
Tenka wo Mezase! Sengoku Kassen Panorama Great Map illustration

Samurai Warriors
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Main Titles	Samurai Warriors • Samurai Warriors 2 • Samurai Warriors 3 • Samurai Warriors 4 • Samurai Warriors 5
Expansions	4-II • Empires (2) • Empires (3) • Empires (4) • Special • Spirit of Sanada • Xtreme Legends (1) • Xtreme Legends (2) • Xtreme Legends (3)
Spin-Offs	100man-nin • Chronicles • Chronicles 2nd • Chronicles 3 • Derby • Katana • Pachislot • Shoot • State of War
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Samurai Warriors 2	Ginchiyo Tachibana • Gracia • Ieyasu Tokugawa • Kanetsugu Naoe • Katsuie Shibata • Kojirō Sasaki • Kotarō Fūma • Mitsunari Ishida • Motochika Chōsokabe • Musashi Miyamoto • Nagamasa Azai • Nene • Sakon Shima • Toshiie Maeda • Yoshihiro Shimazu
Samurai Warriors 3	Aya • Hanbei Takenaka • Kai • Kanbei Kuroda • Kiyomasa Katō • Masanori Fukushima • Motonari Mōri • Munenori Yagyū • Muneshige Tachibana • Naotora Ii • Takatora Tōdō • Ujiyasu Hōjō
Samurai Warriors 4	Chacha • Hidetada Tokugawa • Hisahide Matsunaga • Kagekatsu Uesugi • Katsuyori Takeda • Kojūrō Katakura • Koshōshō • Lady Hayakawa • Masayuki Sanada • Naomasa Ii • Nobuyuki Sanada • Sasuke • Takakage Kobayakawa • Toyohisa Shimazu • Yoshitsugu Ōtani
Samurai Warriors 5	Dōsan Saitō • Fujihide Mitsubuchi • Kazuuji Nakamura • Mitsuki • Motoharu Kikkawa • Motonobu Okabe • Nobuyuki Oda • Sandayū Momochi • Sena • Shikanosuke Yamanaka • Terumoto Mōri • Toshimitsu Saitō • Yasuke • Yoshiaki Ashikaga • Yoshikage Asakura • Yoshitatsu Saitō
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Nioh
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