Aochi Shigetsuna

nihongo|Aochi Shigetsuna|青地茂綱 (?-1570) was Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period, who served the Oda clan. Shigetsuna was the second son of Gamo Sadahide and was later adopted by Aochi Nagatsuna, a daimyo who held residence in the Kurita District of Omi Province. Around the year 1569 Shigetsuna and his brother Gamō Katahide would both submit to Oda Nobunaga of Owari. The following year, Shigetsuna accompanied Nobunaga in the campaign against the Asakura of Echizen province. After Asai Nagamasa's betrayal of the Oda clan, Asai forces attacked the Oda army, forcing it into retreat. Shigetsuna died in battle at Usayama Castle with Mori Yoshinari and Oda Nobuharu, as part of the Oda rearguard.