Minamoto no Yorihiro (源頼弘)
MINAMOTO no Yorihiro (year of birth and death unknown) is a samurai and government official (lower or middle ranked) in the mid Heian period. He is the oldest son of MINAMOTO no Yorikuni. His mother is the daughter of FUJIWARA no Nobumasa who served as Harima no kuni no kami (the governor of Harima Province). MINAMOTO no Yorisuke, MINAMOTO no Yorizane, MINAMOTO no Sanekuni, MINAMOTO no Yoritsuna, MINAMOTO no Kunifusa, MINAMOTO no Moromitsu and Rokujosaiin no senji are his brothers, and Yorizane and Sanekuni are his younger maternal half-brothers. MINAMOTO no Iemitsu (Yomeimonin Kurodo [the Chamberlain of Yomeimonin]) and Akisuke (Manibo Ajari [摩尼坊阿闍梨]) are his sons.
According to the description in "Sonpi Bunmyaku" (a text compiled in the fourteenth century that records the lineages of the aristocracy), he served as Koichijoin (Imperial Prince Atsuakira) Hogandai (an administrative official of the Retired Emperor's Office) and Sanuki no kuni no kami (Provincial Governor of Sanuki) and was promoted to Jugoinoge (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade), and later became a priest who resided at Onjo-ji Temple and then passed away. His other achievements are unknown.
His descendants served as middle rank of government officials for some generations, and the descendants who became a priest are such as Yoshiakira TSUINA of Rikusho-ji Temple and Kangyo (観曉) who served as the manager of the temple.