At the time of hunting down Yoshinaka KISO in February 1184, he went to Kyoto belonging to the troops of MINAMOTO no Noriyori and MINAMOTO no Yoshitsune together with his father Shigeyori KAWAGOE.
寿永3年（1184年）1月の源義仲追討で、父・河越重頼と共に源範頼・源義経の軍に属して京都に上る。