| Yuntanza Chōken | |
| Native Name: | 読谷山 朝憲 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Office: | sessei of Ryukyu |
| Term Start: | 1770 |
| Term End: | 1785 |
| Predecessor: | Nakijin Chōgi |
| Successor: | Urasoe Chōō |
| Birth Date: | 18 April 1745 |
| Blank1: | Childhood name |
| Blank2: | Chinese name |
| Data2: | Shō Wa (尚 和) |
| Blank3: | Rank |
| Data3: | Wōji |
| Parents: | Shō Kei (father) Jinshitsu, Kikoe-ōgimi-ganashi (mother) |
, also known by and his Chinese style name, was a prince of Ryukyu Kingdom.[1]
Prince Yuntanza was the second son of King Shō Kei, and was a full-brother of King Shō Boku.[2] He was given Yuntanza magiri (Japanese: 読谷山間切, modern Yomitan) as his hereditary fief, and established a new royal family: Yuntanza Udun (Japanese: 読谷山御殿).[3]
Prince Yuntanza was dispatched along with Wakugawa Chōkyō (Japanese: 湧川 朝喬, also known by Shō Hōten Japanese: 向 邦鼎) in 1764 to celebrate Tokugawa Ieharu's success as shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate. They sailed back in the next year.[4]
He served as sessei from 1770 to 1785.[5] He was good at Ryūka and was designated as a member of the .[1]
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