During the days of Yoshishige SATAKE (the 18th head of the family) and Yoshinobu SATAKE (master of the Western Capital Offices) at the height of its prosperity, the Onuki clan produced Yorihisa ONUKI, who assumed office as one of the three chief retainers of the Satake family together with Akitame WADA and Fujimichi HITOMI who was from the same family.
佐竹氏全盛期の佐竹義重(十八代当主)・佐竹義宣(右京大夫)時代には和田昭為、一門筋に当たる人見藤道とともに佐竹家の三家老を勤めた小貫頼久を輩出する。