However, Masanori FUKUSHIMA was quoted as saying 'I don't want to be lumped in with men like Wakisaka, it's quite annoying', and Kiyomasa KATO was also said to hate it when people talked about the 'seven spears.'
福島正則が「脇坂などと同列にされるのは迷惑だ」と言った、加藤清正も「七本槍」を話題にされるのをひどく嫌ったなどの逸話が伝えられている。