Watanabe Hajime (1534âÂÂ1612), son of Watanabe Tà Âru, was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period, who served the Mà Âri clan. He fought at the Battle of Kanbe (1548), against the Hiraga clan of Takayatozaki castle (1551), against the of (1552), at Miyajima (1555) and at Moji (1561). In 1586, he took part in the invasion of Kyushu. In 1588, he went to Kyoto with Mà Âri Terumoto, and received from Toyotomi Hideyoshi the title of Hida no kami (Governor of Hida Province). He is listed as one of the eighteen generals of the Mà Âri.