Sadamasa OKUDAIRA who guarded Nagashino-jo Castle from the large army of Takeda in this battle was given Henki (a portion of the name of a person in high rank, which is given to a retainer to show subordination) from Nobunaga and he changed his name to Nobumasa.
この戦いで武田氏の大軍から長篠城を防衛した奥平貞昌は、信長より偏諱を賜り信昌と改名している。