Lord Yoshi Toranaga is the deuteragonist of the novel Shōgun by James Clavell, the 1980 NBC TV miniseries based on the book and the 2024 FX and Hulu miniseries.
By May 1600 Toranaga was one of the most powerful men in Japan. His main Japanese rival was Ishido Kazunari, another very powerful daimyo who was seeking to become Shōgun. Both Toranaga and Ishido were on the council of regents.