He had not much interest in male homosexuality that was not unusual among samurai at that time, but it is said that Manchiyo II (later Naomasa II), a pageboy who became to be counted later as one of Tokugawa-shitenno (the four powerful generals serving Ieyasu TOKUGAWA), was only one male that Ieyasu loved.
当時武士の間では普通だった衆道にはあまり興味がなかったが、後に徳川四天王に数えられる小姓井伊万千代（井伊直政）は衆道に無関心だった家康が唯一愛した男性であるといわれる。