was a warrior who was anotable retainer of the Oda

ODA

*ODA or Oda may refer to:*Oda , a typical Albanian room*Oda , is a room within harem especially in the Ottoman Empire- Computing :* Open Data Center Alliance - Data Center and Cloud Infrastructure Standards...

 family of the Owari

Owari Province

was an old province of Japan that is now the western half of present day Aichi Prefecture, including much of modern Nagoya. Its abbreviation is Bishū .-History:The province was created in 646....

 region of Japan. Shigeyoshi was known as one of the 'Seven Spears of Azukizaka', due to his brave military actions during the year of 1542.

Shigeyoshi continued to serve under Oda Nobunaga

Oda Nobunaga

was the initiator of the unification of Japan under the shogunate in the late 16th century, which ruled Japan until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was also a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japanese history. His opus was continued, completed and finalized by his successors Toyotomi...

 for many years afterwards. After Nobunaga's death during the year of 1582, Shigeyoshi went on to serve Oda Nobuo. Sometime later, Shigeyoshi was granted title over the Hoshizaka Castle, but died the following year.