Akikane's father SAKANOUE no Norimasa, (who was Sadashige's adoptive son, and one of the ancestors of the Nakahara clan which specialized in Myobodo (study of Codes)), reverted to his original family name, Nakahara.
なお、明兼の父・坂上範政（定成養子・明法道中原氏の祖の1人）が実家の中原氏に復姓した。