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.

Voice Actors

Kei Kurita - Nobunaga no Yabou Shutsujin (Japanese)

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.

Gallery

Nobunaga's Ambition Lord of Darkness portrait
Nobunaga no Yabou Haouden portrait
Nobunaga no Yabou Shouseiroku portrait
Nobunaga no Yabou Reppuuden portrait
Nobunaga no Yabou Soutenroku portrait
Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power portrait
Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle portrait
Nobunaga no Yabou Tendou portrait
Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence portrait
100man-nin no Nobunaga no Yabou portrait
Alternate portrait
Alternate portrait 2
Norikage Asakura
Alternate portrait 3
Nobunaga no Yabou ~Oretachi no Sengoku~ portrait
Nobunaga no Yabou 201X portrait
Academy portrait
Christmas portrait
Nobunaga no Yabou 20XX portrait
Nobunaga no Yabou Hadou portrait
Nobunaga no Yabou Shutsujin portrait
Samurai Cats portrait
Asakura's Strategist
Asakura's Veteran
Lay the foundation of influence for Asakura
Taiko Risshiden IV portrait
Taiko Risshiden V portrait
Sengoku Hime Ran portrait
Sengoku IXA portrait
Alternate portrait
Guntama portrait
Alternate portrait
Sengoku Bushouki MURAMASA Rank 1 Bewitching SSR portrait
Rank 2 Bewitching SSR portrait
Bewitching URR portrait
Norikage Asakura
Rank 2 Lovely HR portrait
Rank 3 Lovely HR portrait
Rank 4 Lovely HR portrait

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
Other Characters	Non-Playable Characters • Bodyguards • Edit Characters • Katana Protagonist • Chronicles Protagonist • Takamaru
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