Ukita Naoie

Ukita Naoie
Ukita family head
In office 1536–1582
Preceded by	Ukita Okiie
Succeeded by	Ukita Hideie
Personal details
Born	1529 Bizen Province, Japan
Died	February 1, 1582 Okayama Castle, Bizen Province, Japan

In this Japanese name, the surname is Ukita.

Ukita Naoie (宇喜多 直家, 1529 – February 1, 1582) was a Japanese daimyō of the Sengoku period. He was born in Bizen Province, to Ukita Okiie, a local samurai leader. After the assassination of Naoie's grandfather Yoshiie in 1534, he was left homeless along with his father, but both were soon taken in by Urakami Munekage, the daimyō of Tenjinzan Castle. Naoie succeeded to family headship in 1536, after his father's death.

Mimura Iechika, a rival warlord, was murdered on Naoie's orders.