Yoshiteru Ashikaga

Yoshiteru Ashikaga is the thirteenth shogun of the Muromachi Bakufu, otherwise known as the Ashikaga shogunate. Forcefully manipulated by the Miyoshi, his efforts to regain control ended in tragedy. He is also the older brother of Yoshiaki Ashikaga. He was famed for being an unparalled swordsman.

He placed thirty-eighth in the Nobunaga no Yabou Taishi poll for most favorite father.

Role in Games

In the Samurai Warriors series, Yoshiteru initially appeared in the first Empires game as a generic officer. Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends has him become a samurai bodyguard to replace the now-playable Kojirō Sasaki. In Samurai Warriors 4-II, his last stand is depicted during Hisahide's prologue; while slaying his assassins single-handedly, he dies from a bomb thrown by the villainous schemer.

Nobunaga's Ambition limits his appearance to earlier scenarios before Nobunaga's ascent.

In Nioh Yoshiteru is a weapon master for William for the Dual Swords style. Should William beat him, he gains access to the Mystic Arts of the Dual Swords.

Voice Actors

Takanori Hoshino - Nioh

Historical Information

Yoshifuji was the eldest son of Ashikaga Yoshiharu, the twelfth shogun, and Keiju-In, the daughter of Konoe Hisamichi. At the age of 11, he was made a puppet ruler after his father lost a political battle against Hosokawa Harumoto. The child's investiture ceremony was held at Sakamoto, Ōmi Province due to the Ashikaga clan's exile from Kyoto.

Although Yoshiharu attempted to reconcile with the Hosokawa for his family's sake, Miyoshi Nagayoshi's machinations ensured that his efforts would not succeed. At some point, Yoshifuji changed his name to Yoshiteru and seemingly formed a truce with Nagayoshi to return back home.

But by the next year, he and Harumoto conspired to overthrow Nagayoshi with the aid of Rokkaku Yoshikata. Their revolt went well at first, but it eventually led to Yoshiteru's expulsion from the capital once more, forcing him to accede to Nagayoshi's demands for total submission.

Despite being surrounded by sycophants who saw him as a tool, the shogun managed to consolidate some of his authority by cleverly bartering his name to usher peace between the different daimyo of the time. He was also a skilled swordsman, earning the moniker of "Sword Shogun" (剣豪将軍); this led others to favorably compare him with the Ashikaga shogunate's founder Takauji. While it was common knowledge that Yoshiteru honed his swordsmanship with regular practice, some believe he had been taught by the famous Tsukahara Bokuden.

When Nagayoshi died of illness in 1564, Yoshiteru found himself in a power struggle versus Matsunaga Hisahide and the Miyoshi Trio who sought to make Ashikaga Yoshihide their own figurehead. He is eventually besieged at Nijō Castle the next year, with sources claiming he either killed himself or fought to the death. His death poem reads, "The May rain falls. Is it my tears or the mist that surrounds me? Nightingale, carry my name up above the clouds!" His successor Yoshihide died months after acquiring an infectious disease, leaving Yoshiaki as the last heir of the Ashikaga.

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Samurai Warriors
Games
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	Goemon Ishikawa • Hanzō Hattori • Hideyoshi Toyotomi • Ina • Keiji Maeda • Kenshin Uesugi • Kunoichi • Magoichi Saika • Masamune Date • Mitsuhide Akechi • Nō • Nobunaga Oda • Oichi • Okuni • Ranmaru Mori • Shingen Takeda • Tadakatsu Honda • Yoshimoto Imagawa • Yukimura Sanada
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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Alliances	Eastern Army • Honganji Rioters • Saika Renegades • Western Army •

Nioh
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Derrick • Edward Kelley • Fuku • Ginchiyo Tachibana • Hanzō Hattori • Hideaki Kobayakawa • Hidehisa Sengoku • Hideyori Toyotomi • Hiroie Kikkawa • Hisahide Matsunaga • Ieyasu Tokugawa • In'ei Hozoin • Jin Hayabusa • John Dee • Kanbei Kuroda • Kintoki Sakata • Kosen Shisenin • Magoichi Saika • Maria • Masamune Date • Mitsunari Ishida • Mototada Torii • Muneshige Tachibana • Muramasa Senji • Nagamasa Kuroda • Nagayoshi Marume • Naomasa Ii • Nekomata • Nobunaga Oda • Okatsu • Sakon Shima • Saorise • Sasuke Sarutobi • Sekishūsai Yagyū • Shigenaga Katakura • Shigezane Date • Shinmen Takezo • Tadakatsu Honda • Tama • Tenkai • Tome Senji • William Adams • Yasuke • Yodo-gimi • Yoshiteru Ashikaga • Yoshitsugu Ōtani • Yukimura Sanada
Yokai
Hino-enma • Kappa • Kijo • Kyubi • Magatsu Musha • Mukorumusha • Yuki-onna • Nue • Nurikabe • Ohgama • Ohnyudo • Onibi • Onryoki • Umibozu