At this time, he defeated the armies of the Echizen Matsudaira family and the Maeda clan of the Kaga Domain, and introduced himself as a commander "Nobushige SANADA" for the first time (it is confirmed only in Osaka no Jin that Nobushige took the initiative in hoisting a flag).
この時は越前松平家勢、加賀藩前田氏勢等を撃退し、真田昌幸の息子という扱いではなく、初めて“真田信繁”として、その武名を知らしめる事となる（信繁が主体的に戦闘の指揮を執った事が確認されるのは大坂の陣だけである）。