During the late Heian Period, the Kida clan was started when MINAMOTO no Shigenaga, a member of the Yajima clan based in Mino Province, settled down in Kida-go, Katagata District, Mino Province (near Kida, Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture), calling himself Saburo KIDA.
平安時代後期、美濃国を地盤とする八島氏の一族であった源重長が同国方県郡木田郷（岐阜県岐阜市木田付近）に居住し木田三郎を号したことに始まる。