Yūki Munehiro (1266 – 1339) was a vassal of the Kamakura shogunate who had been entrusted with southern Mutsu Province and was castellan of Shirakawa Castle He was dispatched by Hōjō Takatoki to Kyoto in 1331 during the Genkō War, but subsequently defected to the side of Emperor Go-Daigo.

Following the Kenmu Restoration, he served alongside Kusunoki Masashige as an aide to Emperor Go-Daigo and assisted Kitabatake Akiie conquer Mutsu Province.

However, in 1338 Ashikaga Takauji retook Kyoto, and Yūki Munehiro was forced to flee to Yoshino, Nara where Emperor Go-Daigo had established the Southern Court.

He subsequently crossed into Ise Province and attempted to take a boat back to Mutsu to rally his forces against the Ashikaga, but was shipwrecked and died.

[1] In 1824, Tōdō Takasawa, the daimyō of Tsu Domain erected a small shrine on the site of his grave.