Nobutora invited capable ronin shu (masterless samurais) from various districts and they became samurai in command of a troop of foot soldiers (so called five wise retainers of Takeda, including Obata, Tada and Haramino).
諸国から有能な浪人衆を招き足軽大将とした（小幡､多田､原美濃等の俗に言う武田の五名臣他）。