The Kyushu theory was found among researchers who doubted the description of distance ('the writing error theory,' mainly held in connection with the University of Tokyo; see Kurakichi SHIRATORI and Konan NAITO for details) or researchers who took 'the radial journey theory' as represented by Kazuo ENOKI.
九州説は距離表記が誤っていると考える研究者（「誤記説」、主に東京大学系、白鳥庫吉及び内藤湖南を参照）あるいは榎一雄に代表される「放射説」を取る研究者に多く見られた。