Taira no Kanetada (平兼忠)
TAIRA no Kanetada was a military aristocrat of the Juryoso (career provincial official class), which was called "Tsuwamono" (soldiers), who lived during the Heian period. He was from the Taira clan.
He appears in Episode 4, 'TAIRA no Koremochi gets killed by a retainer' of Volume 25 of 'Konjaku monogatari shu' (Tales of Times Now and Then collection). He appears in 'Sonpi Bunmyaku' (Bloodlines of Noble and Base) as the son of TAIRA no Shigemori, who was the younger brother of TAIRA no Sadamori and governor of Mutsu Province, and he has the official rank of Jugoinojo (Junior Fifth Rank, Upper Grade) and is Kazusa no suke (Assistant Governor of Kazusa Province) and governor of Dewa Province.
His son, TAIRA no Koreyoshi was Chinju-fu shogun (Commander-in-Chief of the Defense of the North), but there is no description about him in 'Sonpi Bunmyaku.'
He served FUJIWARA no Michinaga.