Although Kondo insisted that he was Okubo, Washio KANO, a former Shinsengumi member as well as one of the Goryo Eji, found that he really was Kondo, and this led to him being captured.
近藤は大久保の名を貫き通したが、元隊士で御陵衛士の一人だった加納鷲雄に近藤と看破され、捕縛された。