Yoshinari had served Nobunaga for longer than any other vassal to the Oda family, even Katsuie SHIBATA, working alongside Masahisa SAKAI, Nagachika KANAMORI, and Yoritaka Hachiya as a Minoshu.
織田家においては柴田勝家より以前に信長に仕えた年長組で、坂井政尚や金森長近、蜂屋頼隆ら美濃衆として活動した。