The other such exceptional tozama daimyo included the TODO clan, who served as the TOKUGAWA clan's spearhead and was, in the military, ranked as high as the II clan of the Fudai Hitto (Principal fudai daimyo), and Terumasa IKEDA was ranked as high as shinpan (TOKUGAWA's relatives) and was once expected to serve as the Commander-in-Chief in the Sieges of Ozaka.
また、藤堂氏は徳川氏の先鋒とされ軍事的には譜代筆頭の井伊氏と同格であり、池田輝政は親藩と同格とされ大坂の役の総大将を勤める予定だったといわれる。