Yoshikazu HIKI, the adopted son of Hikinoama, who had acted as Yoritomo's menoto (a wet-nurse for a highborn baby), was selected as Yoriie's menoto-fu (generally the husband of a menoto).
頼家の乳母父には頼朝の乳母であった比企尼の養子である比企能員が選ばれた。