Chōsokabe Nobuchika

{{Short description|Japanese Samurai}}

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{{family name hatnote|Chōsokabe|lang=Japanese}}

{{Infobox military person

|name = Chōsokabe Nobuchika

|image =Chōsokabe Nobuchika.jpg

| native_name = 長宗我部信親

|caption =Portrait of Chōsokabe Nobuchika from Utagawa Yoshiiku's Heroes of the Taiheiki

|birth_date = 1565

|death_date = January 1, 1587

|birth_place = Tosa Province

|death_place = Battle of Hetsugigawa

|nickname =

|allegiance = Chōsokabe clan
Toyotomi clan

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|commands =

|battles = Invasion of Shikoku (1585)
Battle of Hetsugigawa (1587)

|relations = Chōsokabe Motochika (father)
Kōsokabe Chikayasu (uncle)

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{{nihongo|Chōsokabe Nobuchika|長宗我部信親|extra=1565 – January 1, 1587}} was the eldest son of samurai lord Chōsokabe Motochika, and lived during the late Sengoku period of Japanese history.

After the subjugation of Shikoku by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Nobuchika and his father followed the Toyotomi into Kyushu Campaign.

He died during the campaign against the Shimazu clan by Sengoku Hidehisa`s reckless operation in 1587.

Nobuchika was caught in an ambush during the campaign against the Shimazu in Battle of Hetsugigawa.{{cite book|last1=Turnbull|first1=Stephen|title=The Samurai Sourcebook|date=1998|publisher=Cassell & Co|location=London|isbn=9781854095237|page=237}}{{cite web|url=https://shuchi.php.co.jp/rekishikaido/detail/4552 |title=戸次川の戦い 長宗我部元親・信親の無念 |publisher=Web歴史街道|language=Japanese|access-date=25 July 2019}}