Masanobu Honda is one of Ieyasu's closest advisers at Edo. He is a distant relative of Tadakatsu as he comes from another branch in the Honda clan. His Nobunaga's Ambition counterpart is one hundredth place in Gamecity's character popularity ranking for 2015. The Nobunaga no Yabou 201X poll for 4-star officers puts him in ninety-seventh place. In Saihai no Yukue, he is 63 years old and his height is 145 cm (4'9"). He plays games with his bird as a hobby. He doesn't like to eat egg or chicken dishes.