On March 27, 1184, at the Battle of Ichinotani, Kagetoki started as Yoshitsune's Samurai-Daisho (a warrior who gives orders for battles and maneuvers his troops) and Sanehira DOI as Noriyori's Samurai-Daisho, but neither pair got on well with each other so they swapped their positions.
同年2月7日の一ノ谷の戦いでは最初は景時が義経の侍大将、土肥実平が範頼の侍大将になっていたが各々気が合わず所属を交替している。