thumb|Portrait of Takeda Nobukado

was a Japanese samurai (warrior) and general of the Takeda clan during the Sengoku period. He was known as one of the "Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen".

Relationship with Shingen

It has been said that Nobukado and Shingen were as like as two peas, therefore he served as body double or kagemusha (shadow samurai) for Shingen.

Family

  • Father: Takeda Nobutora (1493-1574)
  • Brothers:
  • Takematsu (1517-1523)
  • Takeda Shingen (1521-1573)
  • Inuchiyo (1523-1529)
  • Takeda Nobushige (1525-1561)
  • Takeda Nobumoto
  • Matsuo Nobukore (ca. 1530s-1571)
  • Takeda Souchi
  • Takeda Nobuzane (ca. 1530s-1575)
  • Ichijō Nobutatsu (ca. 1539-1582)
  • Sisters:
  • Joukei-in (1519-1550), married Imagawa Yoshimoto
  • Nanshou-in (born 1520) married Anayama Nobutomo
  • Nene (1528-1543) married Suwa Yorishige

Nobukado is one of the main characters in Akira Kurosawa's film Kagemusha, the role of Nobukado was played by Tsutomu Yamazaki.