Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (born 1535)

Shimazu Yoshihiro

Samurai of the Sengoku period

Shimazu Yoshihiro was the second son of Shimazu Takahisa and the younger brother of Shimazu Yoshihisa. Traditionally believed to be the 17th head of the Shimazu clan, he was a skilled general during the Sengoku period who greatly contributed to the unification of Kyūshū.