sanada nobushige
takeda shingen
tada mitsuyori
hara toratane
yamamoto kansuke
nobunaga oda
toshie meada
tadakatsu honda
uesugi kenshin
so many great men in that era although uesugi kenshin and takeda shingen stand out the most to me i beleive they were ahead of nobunaga but tragedy tore them apart.