There is also an anecdote about Shogen OKUNO being a leader of the second troop; however, there is also a story which describes that he had to leave the group because Oishi ordered him to raise Naganori ASANO's illegitimate daughter without letting the bakufu know.
奥野将監にも同様に第二陣の大将とする逸話があるが、彼にはさらに浅野長矩の隠し子の姫を幕府に知られぬようこっそり育てる役目を大石から命じられていたためやむなく脱盟したという逸話がある。