Nobumori Sakuma is one of Nobunaga earliest retainers and chief advisors. He is famous for apparently speaking treason against his master and being exiled by Nobunaga, a decision which remains controversial to this day. Koei games often choose to portray Nobumori as an unremarkable general to stay faithful to the first line of Nobunaga's decree. The Nobunaga no Yabou 201X poll for 3-star officers puts him in one hundred twenty-eighth place.