On June 6, when he was staying at Yamakawa port after the transport, Saigo had to be renamed Kichinosuke OSHIMA and also was exiled to Tokuno-shima island, and Shinpachi MURATA was exiled to Kikai-jima island (it is not Kikai-ga-shima island, namely Satsuma Io-jima island).
護送され山川港で待命中の6月6日、西郷は大島吉之助に改名させられ、徳之島へ遠島、村田新八は喜界島（鬼界ヶ島即ち薩摩硫黄島ではない。