While the Kikuchi clan power was obviously diminishing, he died young of illness at the age of 33 on July 14, 1374, only two years after he inherited the family estate as if he was trying to follow his father.
このように菊池氏の衰勢が顕著になる中、父の後を追うように家督継承後２年の1374年5月26日、33歳の若さで病没。