People of The Sengoku Period in Popular Culture - Naoe Kanetsugu

Naoe Kanetsugu

• Naoe is the star of Yuji Takemura's manga Gifu Dodo Naoe Kanetsugu: Maeda Keiji Tsukigatari (義風堂々 直江兼続 -前田慶次月語り-)
• Kanetsugu is the protagonist of the 2009 NHK Taiga drama Tenchijin.
• Naoe Kanetsugu was featured as a playable character in Samurai Warriors 2, wielding an ornate sword and paper charms, portrayed as originally serving Uesugi Kenshin at the Battles of Kawanakajima and Tedorigawa, then serving Hideyoshi and later the Western Army against Tokugawa Ieyasu, though being concerned with justice and honor primarily. In his own scenario, he wins the Siege of Hasedo with Maeda Keiji's help and along with Uesugi Kagekatsu, and Sanada Yukimura leads an Uesugi-Sanada force against Edo Castle, killing Tokugawa Ieyasu's son Hidetada and later avenging Ishida Mitsunari's death by annihilating the victorious Eastern Army that returns to Edo Castle, ending the Tokugawa Shogunate and along with Yukimura, they vow to create a greater world based on righteousness. He also depicted as having an extremely close friendship with Maeda Keiji, Ishida Mitsunari and Sanada Yukimura. Kanetsugu also appears in Warriors Orochi, a crossover between Samurai Warriors and Dynasty Warriors, usually alongside Kenshin Uesugi.
• The female character Naoe Ai from the eroge Sengoku Rance is based on him. She is the strategist of Uesugi Kenshin.
• Kanetsugu briefly appeared in the anime TV series of Sengoku Basara, only to be defeated by Honda Tadakatsu in a comical fashion.
• In Sengoku Basara 2, he appears as a generic officer of the Uesugi army who constantly claims to be invincible. He appears again in Sengoku Basara 3, but has Kanetsugu's trademark helmet with the large kanji "Ai" ("love").
• Appearing in a semi-fictional biography as the main protagonist of the historical manga Gifuu doudou Naoe Kanetsugu by Tetsuo Hara.