Moniwa Motonori (茂庭 元徳, 1843–1929) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period. The son of Moniwa Mototoshi, he served as a retainer of the Date clan of Sendai han.^[1] Also known by his common name, Shinsuke (新助), Motonori married the daughter of Moniwa Masumoto, the head of the main house of Moniwa.^[1] During the Boshin War, Motonori defended Sendai Castle, and later was dispatched to Komagamine.^[1] After the Restoration, he became involved in farming, and in 1889, became the first village mayor of Kashimadai Village, in Miyagi Prefecture (after Kashimadai-chō 鹿島台町 in Shida district, and now a part of Ōsaki City).^[1]