Suzuki Magoichi

When the Miyoshi clan were being attacked by Oda Nobunaga in 1570, the Ishiyama Hongan-ji mob assisted the resistance against the conqueror.

His efforts won him fame when he injured one of Nobunaga's valued generals, Sassa Narimasa.

Though he swore to serve Hideyoshi, Tōdō Takatora suspected that keeping a formidable enemy within their ranks was too risky to trust.

Suzuki Shigehide is perhaps the better known of the three, known for supporting the Ikkō resistance against Oda Nobunaga during the Ishiyama Hongan-ji War.

Aside from his distinct hatred for Nobunaga, the rest of his history is filled with half-truths, rumors, or theories.

Despite being allied with the Miyoshi clan, legends state that Shigehide empathized with the Honganji rebels and was only loyal to them.

When the Saika group surrendered to Hideyoshi years later, Shigehide was said to have tried to save his family from destruction.

After Torii Mototada's downfall during the battle of Sekigahara, he is said to have lived the rest of his days as a rōnin in Mito Domain.

Reports of different men using the name range from Wakayama, Ibaraki and Mie prefectures.