In June, 672, when he headed to Togoku (the eastern part of Japan) to raise an army against the Imperial court at Omi, OTOMO no Fukei, who was at his house in Wa (Yamato Province), searched for allies and acquired a few dozen people including 'heroic figures and two of the greatest members from the clan.'
壬申の年（672年）の6月、大海人皇子が近江の朝廷に対して兵を興すため東国に向かうと、倭（大和国）の自宅にいた大伴吹負は皇子のために同志を募り、「一、二の族および諸豪傑」あわせて数十人を得た。