In appreciation of his service in Sanjo-ohashi Bridge Noticeboard Incident, he became a regular member and was promoted to a corporal, however he broke away from the Shinsengumi with Kashitaro ITO and other members in 1867, and formed Goryo-eji.
三条制札事件の功労によって正式隊士となり、伍長に昇格するが、慶応3年(1867年)には伊東甲子太郎らと同意して新選組を離脱、御陵衛士を結成。