Imagawa Ujiteru

In this Japanese name, the surname is Imagawa.

Imagawa Ujiteru (今川 氏輝; 1513 – April 7, 1536) was a Japanese daimyō of the Sengoku period, who ruled the Imagawa clan of Suruga Province.

Imagawa Ujiteru
今川 氏輝
Head of Imagawa clan
In office 1526–1536
Preceded by	Imagawa Ujichika
Succeeded by	Imagawa Yoshimoto
Personal details
Born	1513
Died	April 7, 1536
Relations	Imagawa Yoshimoto (brother)
Parents	Imagawa Ujichika (father) Jukei-ni (mother)
Military service
Allegiance	Ashikaga Shogunate Later Hōjō clan
Rank	Daimyo
Unit	Imagawa clan
Commands	Suruga Province

His childhood name was Ryuomaru (竜王丸). His father was Imagawa Ujichika and his mother was Jukei-ni (d. 1568). He was the brother of Imagawa Yoshimoto.

In ten years his reign, there was no recorded uprising under his rule which laid the foundation for the successful reign of Yoshimoto and Imagawa clan.

1536, he suffered an illness that led to his death and it started a struggle of Imagawa power known as "Hanakura Conflict" between the Imagawa brothers, his elder half-brother, Genkō Etan and his younger brother Yoshimoto. In the end Yoshimoto succeeded to family headship.

Family

• Father: Imagawa Ujichika (1473–1526)
• Mother: Jukei-ni (d. 1568)
• Brothers:
  • Imagawa Higekoro
  • Imagawa Yoshimoto
  • Imagawa Yoshizane
  • Imagawa Ujitoyo

Preceded by Imagawa Ujichika

8th Suruga-Imagawa family head 1526–1536

Succeeded by Imagawa Yoshimoto