Motonari also has a belief in the Sun (which he calls 日輪 Nichirin), and he tends to refer to himself as 日輪の申し子 Child of the Sun. He has a fierce rivalry with Chousokabe Motochika of Shikoku, whose personality is the opposite of him. In the first Sengoku BASARA, Motonari was still a non-playable character so he was given a war baton as a weapon with a moveset similar to Uesugi Kenshin. When he becomes a playable character in Sengoku BASARA 2, his weapon is changed to a ring blade which can be split into two. He also has a tricky moveset in which many of his skills involves setting up traps.