Nitta Yoshisuke

{{Short description|14th-century Japanese samurai}}

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{{nihongo|Nitta Yoshisuke|新田義助|}} also known as {{nihongo|Wakiya Yoshisuke|脇屋義助|}} , (1305–1340) was the brother of Nitta Yoshisada in the early fourteenth century, and supported the Southern Court of Emperor Go-Daigo in the Nanboku-chō period, capturing Kamakura with his brother from the Hōjō clan in 1333.

Both Nitta brothers survived the Siege of Kanegasaki (1337) by fleeing to Somayama.{{Cite book |last=Sansom |first=George |title=A History of Japan, 1334-1615 |publisher=Stanford University Press |year=1961 |ISBN=0804705259 |pages=63–64}}

After his brother died, he fled to various parts of Japan including Mino, Owari, and Yoshino.

In 1339, under orders from the new Emperor Go-Murakami, he captured Shiba Takatsune's fortress at Kuromaru. He died while on campaign in Iyo.{{rp|68,72–73}}