Yoshinobu Natsume

Yoshinobu Natsume is a general who served under the Matsudaira clan (later known as the Tokugawa clan). At Mikatagahara as things went bleak, Yoshinobu posed himself as Ieyasu Tokugawa, bought time then died in battle.

Samurai Warriors Role
In ''Samurai Warriors 2 and it's following sequel, Yoshinobu is only present at Mikatagahara fighting against the forces of Shingen Takeda. In battle, he poses as Ieyasu in order to buy time for his master to escape. In the Tokugawa scenario, he can be saved. While playing Takeda, he is fought while disguised as Ieyasu then he dies. In the sequel, Yoshinobu is doomed to die at Mikatagahra but buys Ieyasu enough time to escape to Hamamatsu Castle.