KURAGANO Naoyuki
He was the lord of Kuragano Castle and a vassal of UESUGI Norimasa. After the fall of Norimasa, he served NAGAO Kagetora, later UESUGI Masatora (Kenshin). However, his castle was attacked by TAKEDA Shingen and fell in 1565 (or 1564). Then he was hid by Masatora and attempted to recapture his castle but ended in vain. Then he served NAOE Kanetsugu, SAKAI Tadakatsu and then UESUGI Sadakatsu, grandson of Masatora. In this series, he is a superior vassal of Norimasa and accompanies him to Echigo.
Masaaki Daimon as Kuragano Naoyuki
MEKADA Shinsuke
He is also a vassal of Uesugi Norimasa and stayed in Kōzuke with Tatsuwakamaru, heir of Norimasa after he left to Echigo. But he planned to hand Tatsuwakamaru over to HŌJŌ Ujiyasu who opposes the Uesugi clan to secure the safety of his family. Ujimasa kills Tatsuwakamaru but blames for the disloyalty and executes him also. In this series, he hands Tatsuwakamaru over to Ujiyasu. After killing him, Ujiyasu arrests him and his followers and beheads all of them.
Minoru Tanaka (*) as Mekada Shinsuke
YASHIRO Ecchūnokami
His real name was YASHIRO Masakuni and ruled an area (**) of Hanishina County, Shinano. At first he served MURAKAMI Yoshikiyo but betrayed him and served TAKEDA Harunobu (Shingen). After the fall of the Takeda clan, he served ODA Nobunaga and became a vassal of MORI Nagayoshi. In this series, he is the lord of Arato Castle and takes the side of Harunobu when he subdues Murakami Yoshikiyo.
Ryōsuke Ōtani as Yashiro Ecchūnokami
(*) Tanaka was also a voice actor and performs voice-over for Ioan Gruffudd as Horatio Hornblower in the series of "Hornblower" when it's broadcast in Japan. In the series, Kazunaga Tsuji who acts the role of Katsunuma Nobutomo performs voice-over for Robert Lindsay as Sir Edward Pellew. Regrettably, Tanaka died in 2011.
(**) The area called Yashiro-gō.