Toshiie served Oda Nobunaga from childhood (first as a page) and his loyalty was rewarded by being allowed to be the head of the Maeda clan, very unusual for a fourth son with no apparent failures among his elder brothers.
Tošiie slúžil Nobunagovi Odovi od detstva (najprv ako páža) a jeho vernosť bola odmenená tým, že sa stal hlavou klanu Maeda, čo je veľmi nezvyčajné pre štvrtého syna bez zjavnej chyby jeho starších bratov.