In addition, Yorinari relied on Tameyori TOKI, who was the head of a branch family of the Toki clan and castellan of Mangi-jo castle in Kazusa Province (present-day Isumi City, Chiba Prefecture).
更に頼芸は上総国万喜城（現在の千葉県いすみ市）のこちらも分流である土岐為頼を頼った。