It can be assumed that the Kikuchi clan was not an exception based on the record in which the fourth head, Tsunemune KIKKUCHI, and the fifth head, Tsunenao KIKUCHI, were registered as the warriors of the Retired Emperor Toba.
4代菊池経宗・5代菊池経直が鳥羽院武者と記録されていることからも、菊池氏がその例に漏れなかったことが推定される。