In the TV program, "Sonotoki Rekishiga Ugoita" (The movement of History) (broadcasted on April 4, 2007 by Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK)), 'Kenshin defeated Nobunaga and went up to Kyoto after invading the Kanto region' was widely-accepted.
『その時歴史が動いた』（日本放送協会、2007年4月4日放送）では、「関東侵攻後、信長を打倒し京へ上洛」が有力説とされた。