WEBAkechi Mitsuhide (明智 光秀, March 10, 1528 – July 2, 1582), [1] first called Jūbei from his clan and later Koretō Hyūga no Kami (惟任日向守) from his title, was a Japanese samurai general of the Sengoku period. He is best known as the assassin of Oda Nobunaga.