In 1333 when he and his father Taketoki attacked Chinzei tandai (the military governor of Kyushu) Hidetoki HYOJO, Hidetoki, Sadatsune SHONI and Sadamune OTOMO went on the counteroffensive against them and his father was killed in the battle while Takeshige barely escaped alive to his own province.
1333年、父の武時と共に鎮西探題・北条英時を攻めたが、逆に英時や少弐貞経、大友貞宗らの反撃を受けて父は討死し、武重は命からがら本国に逃げ帰った。