Imagawa Ujiteru (今川 氏輝, 1513 – April 7, 1536) was a Japanese daimyō of the Sengoku period, who ruled the Imagawa clan of Suruga Province.

Imagawa Ujiteru
今川 氏輝
Head of Imagawa clan
In office
1526–1536
Preceded byImagawa Ujichika
Succeeded byImagawa Yoshimoto
Personal details
Born1513
DiedApril 7, 1536
RelationsImagawa Yoshimoto (brother)
Parents
Military service
AllegianceAshikaga Shogunate
Later Hōjō clan
RankDaimyo
UnitImagawa clan
CommandsSuruga Province

His childhood name was Ryuomaru (竜王丸). His father was Imagawa Ujichika and his mother was Jukei-ni (d. 1568). He was the brother of Imagawa Yoshimoto.

In ten years his reign, there was no recorded uprising under his rule. He was skilled leader, because his gain the respect, loyalty, and cooperation of Imagawa vassals and retainers. Ujiteru paved the foundation for the successful reign of Yoshimoto and Imagawa clan.

1536, he suffered an illness that led to his death and it started a struggle of Imagawa power known as "Hanakura Conflict" between the Imagawa brothers, his elder half-brother, Genkō Etan and his younger brother Yoshimoto. In the end Yoshimoto succeeded to family headship.

Family

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Preceded by 8th Suruga-Imagawa family head
1526–1536
Succeeded by