Wada Yoshimori

was a Japanese samurai lord and gokenin of the early Kamakura period. He was the first director (bettō) of the Board of Retainers in the Kamakura shogunate. Life Wada Yoshimori was born as the son of Miura Yoshiaki and grandson of Sugimoto Yoshimune, making him a descendant of the Taira clan. Yoshimori "was attached to Noriyori as his saburai daisho (general of soldiers)." He fought in the Battle of Ichi-no-Tani in 1184. He also fought in the Battle of Dan-no-ura, where he engaged Chikakiyo of Iyo in an archery duel.