Yorimasa took as followers the Watanabe clan, who belonged to the Saga-Genji--Takiguchi warriors--and whose stronghold was in Watanabetsu in Settsu Province (in modern-day Chuo ward, Osaka City).
頼政は、摂津国の渡辺津(現・大阪市中央区)を本拠地とする滝口武者である嵯峨源氏の渡辺氏を郎党とする。