It is said that the Oda family (which later turned out Nobunaga ODA) of Yamagata, and the Date family of Sendai, who were both busho (Japanese military commanders) during the Middle Ages and the Period of Warring Sates, were Nagasunehiko's descendants.
中世、戦国の武将山形の織田家（後に織田信長を輩出）や仙台の伊達家が長髄彦の子孫であると言われている。