It is also said that Ko KUSUNOKI, a geologist and geophysist who served three times as the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE) is the descendant of Masashige KUSUNOKI.
また、地理学者・地球物理学で南極地域観測隊を3次にわたって務めた楠宏は楠木正成の子孫にあたるという。