However, the possibility remained low for the Kira clan to be a successor of the head family of the Ashikaga clan, since there were many bekke (branch family) families in the Ashikaga Shogun family; the Kamakura kubo (Governor-general of the Kanto region), the Kogakubo (descendants of one of the Ashikaga families that held the office of the Kanto district administrator), and the Horigoe Kubo.
しかし実際には、足利将軍家には鎌倉公方、古河公方、堀越公方などの別家が多くあり、吉良氏が足利本家を継げる可能性は低かった。