It is said that examples of famous descendents of the family are Muneyoshi YAGYU, Toshiie MAEDA, Shigenobu OKUMA, Naoto KAN, and Sadatomo MATSUDAIRA, but it should be noted that information of this type about famous individuals is quite often false.
有名な子孫として、柳生宗厳、前田利家、大隈重信、菅直人、松平定知などがいるといわれるが、著名であるがゆえに仮冒が多い点にも留意すべきである。