In June, 1570, in the Battle of Kanagasaki against the Asai clan and the Asakura clan, he took charge of guarding Nobunaga who withdrew from the battlefield, and in the Battle of Anegawa in August, he made a great achievement of killing an enemy named Sukeshichiro ASAI.
元亀元年（1570年）4月には浅井氏・朝倉氏との金ヶ崎の戦いでは撤退する信長の警護を担当し、6月の姉川の戦いでは浅井助七郎なる者を討ち取る功績を上げる。