Soon after his older brother, Sukeyuki NASU, took over the family estate, Yorisuke NASU, a blood child (though hearsay exists) of Tomotsuna UTSUNOMIYA, who served as a key lower-ranking vassal for the Kamakura shogunate, was adopted as Sukeyuki's son in order to take over the family estate; and Yorisuke's child was Mitsusuke NASU, who had played the role of hosting Ｙｏｒｉｔomo MINAMOTO in the Nasu Makigari (hunting technique) in 1193 (according to "Azuma Kagami" (history book)).
家督は兄の那須資之が継承したが、まもなく鎌倉幕府の有力御家人宇都宮朝綱の実子（異説もある）である那須頼資が資之の養子となり家督を継ぎ、その頼資の子が、建久4年（1193年）に源頼朝の那須巻狩の際にホスト役を務めた（『吾妻鏡』による）那須光資である。