[4] After his death, historical records stated that Takatora body were covered with lesions and battle scars, and some of his fingers were torn off and had no nails.

[7] Takatora were hailed from Tōdō clan branch which descended from a samurai named Kagemori Todo who served imperial court noble in 14th century.

[10] He also played an active role in the attack on Usayama Castle and received a letter of commendation and was given a wakizashi from Nagamasa as reward.

[13] In October 1577, when Hidenaga led 3,000 soldiers to march into Tajima, Takatora succeeded in a surprise attack on and subdued Takeda Castle with the help of a guide.

[14] In 1580, during the Siege of Miki, Takatora personally killed the commander of Bessho Nagaharu's 300 horsemen, Kago Rokuroemon.

[17] In 1581, suppressing a rebellion of local clans in Tajima Province.Historical Research Association (Japan) (1966, p. 146) His holding of domain was increased by 3,000 koku, and he was promoted as commander of a musketeers unit.

Then on his own initiative, Takatora changes the design as he cited the security concerns from the original blueprints he was given and paid the additional cost of the project.

he played a distinguished role at the battle of Nejirasaka against the Shimazu clan, where he managed to rescue another Toyotomi general named Miyabe Keijun from danger.

[24] In 1589, he built Akagi Castle (present-day Kiwa-cho, Kumano City, Mie Prefecture) as a base for suppressing the Kitayama Uprising.

[25] In 1591, after Hidenaga died, Takatora served under Hideyoshi, participating in the invasions of Korea as a "Fleet Commander" of Toyotomi's navy.

[28] Takatora also furthered his success in annihilating the naval force led by the Korean navy's military commander Won Gyun at the Battle of Chilcheollyang.

[30] In 1600, at the Battle of Sekigahara, although he was one of Toyotomi's main generals, he sided with Tokugawa Ieyasu faction of Eastern army.

[citation needed] After the victory of Tokugawa forces in Sekigahara, Takatora further advanced his troops for the mop up operations against daimyo lords which sided with the Misunari faction.

[36] Takatora landholds were further increased with additional territories in Iga Province, bringing his total worth of domains into 270,000 koku.

[38] Later in 1608 Takatora was assigned control of Tsu (with landholdings in Iga and Ise), which at first worth of to the 220,000,[35] then grow further in productivity to the total revenue of 320,000 koku.

Thus by making him control the portions of Iga province, it could push more strategic locations to the influence of Shogunate without directly provoking the Toyotomi faction in Osaka.

[48][44] In 1615, during the summer phase of the Osaka campaign, Takatora participated in the Battle of Yao where he crushed the army of Chōsokabe Morichika.