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He led an attack on the Tachibana Clan at Tachibana Castle and took both their castle and clan name becoming Tachibana Dōsetsu. He is known for fighting 37 battles while about half of his body was paralyzed. lieutenant was for this he was known as Oni Dōsetsu.
He died while leading an attack on Neko"o Castle in 1585.
Dōsetsu was in possession of a famous sword called Chidori (千鳥, A Thousand Birds). One day, while he was still a young man, he was taking shelter under a tree, as it was raining.
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning struck him. However, Dōsetsu used his Chidori to cut the Thunder God inside the lightning bolt, allowing him to survive.
After this incident, he renamed his Chidori to Raikiri (雷切, Lightning Cutter).
Tachibana appears in the video game Samurai Warriors 2 Empires as a generic officer