There is another version of this theory which says that Nobu, who was a daughter of Bongo no kami Norinaga, married to Raien and had Takanori KOJIMA, and according to this theory, Bizen no kami Norinaga was Takanori KOJIMA's maternal grandfather.
この説には、備後守範長の娘が信夫であり、これが頼宴へ嫁いで出生したのが児島高徳という異説もあり、これを以って備後守範長は児島高徳の外祖父とすることができるという。