Many significant Japanese historical people of the Sengoku period appear in works of popular culture such as anime, manga, and video games. This article presents information on references to several historical people in such works.

Akechi Mitsuhide

Akechi Mitsuhide is featured in various fictional works, mostly as a villain.

Azai Nagamasa

Chōsokabe Motochika

Date Masamune

His voice actor, Kakihara Tetsuya also sang the opening song 「リターン乱世独眼竜」 "Ritān Ransei Dokuganryuu", which is related to his nickname 'Dokuganryuu'.

Hattori Hanzō

Honda Tadakatsu

Hosokawa Gracia

As a samurai wife or other invented roles, Hosokawa Gracia frequently appears as a character in Japanese historical fiction, both novels and drama. One website lists her as a character in over 40 stage dramas, movies, TV dramas (etc.) from 1887 to 2006. She is also frequently referred to in popular writing or talks on the history of the period.

Imagawa Yoshimoto

Ishida Mitsunari

Izumo no Okuni

Unlike her role in history, Izumo no Okuni's appearances in fiction often portray her as a fictional besshikime (別式女), a capable fighter skilled with weapons and magic.

Katakura Kojūrō

Kobayakawa Hideaki

Komatsuhime

Kuroda Kanbei

Kyōgoku Maria

Maeda Matsu

Maeda Toshiie

Maeda Toshimasu

Toshimasu (often depicted under the name of Keiji or Keijirō) is often portrayed as somewhat of a prankster and is often dubbed crazy, or kabukimono, by others for his wild ways. Sampling this where it was shown/mentioned in a few video games that he filled his uncle's (Toshiie)'s bath with cold water, a feat the historical man was well known for. Additionally, Keiji's famed horse, Matsukaze, appears in a number of games and movies as well.

Matsunaga Hisahide

Miyamoto Musashi

Mōri Motonari

Mori Ranmaru

Ranmaru has appeared as a character in fiction and has appeared in several video games (such as Sengoku Basara, Onimusha, Kessen III and the Samurai Warriors series) in which he is usually portrayed as having a feminine to an androgynous appearance, in which leads to usual confusion of his gender by some of the other characters. He is also depicted as truly loyal to Oda Nobunaga, who in return praises Ranmaru for his skills (and possibly his beauty) in battle.

Naoe Kanetsugu

Nene

Nōhime

Unlike her role in history, Nōhime is usually portrayed as a femme fatale, in line with the traditional villainous portrayal of her husband, Nobunaga Oda.

Oda Nobunaga

Oda Nobunaga has appeared in a number of works across various media.

Oichi

Ōtani Yoshitsugu

Saitō Dōsan

Ōtomo Sōrin

Sanada Masayuki

Sanada Yukimura

Sasaki Kojirō

Shibata Katsuie

Shima Sakon

Shimazu Yoshihiro

Suzuki Magoichi

In most of his fictional portrayals, Suzuki Magoichi is often referred to his more common name, Saiga Magoichi.

Tachibana Ginchiyo

Tachibana Muneshige

Takeda Shingen

The 1988 NHK Taiga drama television series Takeda Shingen is a fictionalized account of Takeda Shingen's life with Kiichi Nakai in the title role. His life is also dramatized in NHK's 46th Taiga drama Fūrin Kazan. Akira Kurosawa's 1980 film Kagemusha was also inspired by his life; it brought the musket-wound theory to public attention outside Japan. Takeda Shingen appears in Toshirō Mifune's historical film Samurai Banners (風林火山 Furin Kazan).

Takenaka Shigeharu

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Uesugi Kenshin

William Adams

Yagyū Muneyoshi

Yamamoto Kansuke

Yasuke