At a much later time period in this history, the Echizen-Asakura clan became a daimyo (Japanese feudal lord) during the Sengoku period (period of warring states) in Japan, having had the original name of the Kusakabe clan.
時代は下るが、戦国時代(日本)に大名となった越前朝倉氏は本姓日下部氏である。