Kitabatake Akiyoshi

Kitabatake Akiyoshi (北畠顕能) (1326–1383) was a Kamakura Period military figure who defended the Southern Court during the Nanboku-chō period.

The son of Kitabatake Chikafusa, he helped lead Loyalist forces in the capture of Kyoto in 1352.

He is enshrined at Kitabatake Shrine in Tsu, Mie Prefecture.