His descendants were the prestige clans of Satsuma Province such as Chiran clan and Usuku clan; the clans settled in Echizen Province (Tadanobu SHIMAZU) and Shinano Province (Shinano-Shimazu clan) were also his descendants.
子孫には知覧・宇宿氏など薩摩国の名族があり、また越前国に土着した一族（島津忠信ら）や信濃国に土着した一族（信濃島津氏）もある。