Odawara Castle

The third siege of Odawara (小田原征伐, Odawara seibatsu?) occurred in 1590, and was the primary action in Toyotomi Hideyoshi's campaign to eliminate the Hōjō clan as a threat to his power. The months leading up to it saw hasty but major improvements in the defense of the castle, as Hideyoshi's intentions became clear. Thus, despite the overwhelming force brought to bear by Hideyoshi, the siege saw little actual fighting.

Samurai Warriors
In the first Samurai Warriors game Odawara can only be invaded from the inside unlike the second game. In Samurai Warriors 2 Odawara Castle has to stage's due to it's sheer size. The western side is controlled by Hideyoshi Toyotomi while the eastern side is being controlled by Ieyasu Tokugawa acompinied with the Shimazu, Date and Chosokabe clans.

If fighting for the Toyotomi army in the west you begin by clearing an area to build a new castle. If the area is succesfully cleared Kanbei Kuroda will arive with engineers to start building the castle. If the castle is succesfully built Hideyoshi orders his army to charge. When you entering the outside of the castle you have to save one of your allies from the Hojo if he is saved it will raise your allies morale but if he is defeated it will greatly decrease your allies moral. When entering the castle two doors are closed so the player has to find the mechanism to open the doors after opening the door on the first floor Kotaro will try to prevent the player to reach Ujimasa and Ujinao. once he is defeated you can go up the next floor and defeate Ujimasa. But the battle is not yet over becouse the Ujimasa you defeated was an imposter. Then Ujimasa, Ujinao and some other Hojo retainers appeare outside Odawara Castle. Once again you fight Kotaro to get outside. once Kotaro is defaeted the player has to get outside to prevent Ujimsa and Ujinao entering the main camp and the rest of the other officers attacking the newlly built castle.

If fighting for the Tokugawa army from the east you begin by defeating enemies outside the castle to place the ram. If the ram is broken a new ram will appeare. When the ram is placed the player must enter the castle and defeat the enemies from the inside. Then you have to open the gates for your allies to get inside the Shimazu from the south, the Date from the north and the Tokugawa from the center. When your alies have entered the castle you can find the enemy's storehouse to decrease there morale and raise your alies's morale. You then have to scilence the cannons firing at your allies. you later enter the castle and defeat Ujimsa and Ujinao.

Warriors Orochi
In the first Warriors Orochi Odawara Castle is one of Wei's chapter's where Cao Pi and Mitsunari Ishida betray Orochi.

Historical Information
The third siege of Odawara (小田原征伐, Odawara seibatsu?) occurred in 1590, and was the primary action in Toyotomi Hideyoshi's campaign to eliminate the Hōjō clan as a threat to his power. The months leading up to it saw hasty but major improvements in the defense of the castle, as Hideyoshi's intentions became clear. Thus, despite the overwhelming force brought to bear by Hideyoshi, the siege saw little actual fighting.

The massive army of Toyotomi Hideyoshi surrounded the castle in what has been called "the most unconventional siege lines in samurai history." The samurai were entertained by everything: from concubines, prostitutes and musicians to acrobats, fire-eaters, and jugglers. The defenders slept on the ramparts with their arquebuses and armor; despite their smaller numbers, they discouraged Hideyoshi from attacking. So, for the most part, this siege consisted of traditional starvation tactics. Only a few small skirmishes erupted around the castle, as when a group of miners from Kai Province dug under the castle walls, allowing men under Ii Naomasa to enter.

After three months, the Hōjō surrendered, facing overwhelming numbers and, presumably, an impending shortage of food and supplies. Tokugawa Ieyasu, one of Hideyoshi's top generals, was given the Hōjō lands. Though Hideyoshi could not have guessed it at the time, this would turn out to be a great stepping-stone towards Tokugawa's attempts at conquest and the office of Shogun.

In addition to taking Odawara Castle, Hideyoshi also defeated the Hōjō at their outposts at Hachiōji, Yorii, and Shizuoka in and near the southwestern part of the Kantō region. The Chiba, allies of the Hōjō in Shimōsa, also saw their ja: castle of Sakura fall to Honda Tadakatsu and Sakai Ietsugu of the Tokugawa army during the campaign. Chiba Shigetane, daimyo of the Chiba, surrendered the castle to the besieging forces on the condition that his clan would not be abolished. While the Chiba were consequently divested of all of their holdings, many of their senior members were taken into service by Tokugawa retainer Ii Naomasa, thanks to aid he had received many years earlier from the clan during the occupation of Takeda Katsuyori's Tsutsujigasaki castle.