After that it was decided to take Akihira back into the Imperial family on May 7, 977, his position changed from Shoshiinoge (Senior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade) to Shihon (Fourth Order rank for Imperial Princes), Shinno-Ningoku (provinces whose gubernatorial posts were reserved as sinecures for imperial princes) of Hitachi Province.
そこで、貞元_2年4月17日_（977年5月7日）に昭平は再び皇族に戻される事になり、正四位下から四品親王常陸国親王任国に転じた。