After this, members of the Heguri clan disappear from "Nihon Shoki" (The Chronicle of Japan) for a while, but in 587 the name of HEGURI no Kamite appears as the General to subjugate the Mononobe clan; by this time the Heguri clan had gained the position to be elected as daibu (master).
これ以後、平群氏の氏人はしばらく『書紀』から姿を消すが、用明天皇2年（587年）の物部氏討伐将軍として平群神手（かみて）の名が見え、この頃までに大夫選任氏族としての地位を得ていた。