Kobayakawa clan Mihara Castle (三原城) main castle of the Kobayakawa clan Hatagaeshiyama Castle (旗返城) Kannabe Castle (神辺城), main castle of the Sugihara clan Kashirazaki Castle (頭崎城), main castle of the Hiraga clan Kagi Castle (賀儀城), main castle of Ura clan Nomi Munekatsu Other provinces Kōnomine Castle Gassantoda Castle Shikano Castle Odaka Castle : Sugihara Morishige Yamabuki Castle Kumano Castle : Amano Takashige Noshima Castle, main castle of the Noshima Murakami clan Popular culture See People of the Sengoku period in popular culture. Motonari often lives far beyond his means in popular culture, acting as the representative of his clan in affairs that take place far after his death (encountering Oda Nobunaga in the Mōri's later battles against him for just one instance). Portrayed by Nakamura Hashinosuke III in the 1997 NHK Taiga drama TV series . It was a year-long broadcast that retold the story of how Motonari rose from the leader of an insignificant military clan to become one of the most powerful warlords of the Sengoku period. He is represented as a playable character in the video game Sengoku Basara and all its sequels. In the game, he was described as an uncaring leader ambitious to conquer all of Japan. He was first armed with blades, then with a circular blade. He is represented as a playable character in the video game Samurai Warriors series. He is represented as a character in Pokémon Conquest as the warlord of the Greenleaf Kingdom, with his partner Pokémon being Servine and Serperior. The parable regarding Motonari, his three sons, and the lesson of the three arrows is believed have been a source of inspiration for Akira Kurosawa when he was writing his epic film Ran. The name of the local J League soccer team, Sanfrecce Hiroshima, was also inspired by this story. "San" means three in Japanese, and "frecce" means arrows in Italian. See also Sengoku period List of daimyōs from the Sengoku period Kobayakawa Takakage Kobayakawa Hidekane Amago Yoshihisa Kikkawa Motoharu Mōri Terumoto Battle of Miyajima Miyao Castle References External links Môri Motonari: The Lord of Koriyama (The Samurai Archives) Mori Motonari (The Samurai Wiki) The Legend of the Three Arrows (Get Hiroshima) 1497 births 1571 deaths Mōri clan Daimyo People from Aki Province People of Muromachi-period Japan Military engineers Deified Japanese people