In April 746, Kyofuku was reassigned from the governor of Mutsu to the governor of Kazusa for unknown reasons, and in September he was promoted to Jugoinojo (Junior Fifth Rank, Upper Grade) and reassigned to the governor of Mutsu once again.
746年4月敬福は何故か陸奥守から上総国守に転任するが、9月には官位が従五位上へと上がって陸奥守に再任されている。