The young warrior stated his age as sixteen and was called TAIRA no Atsumori, the son of TAIRA no Tsunemori, who was the younger brother of Kiyomori (According to "Genpei Seisui ki" (Rise and Fall of the Minamoto and Taira clans), Atsumori identified himself, but Atsumori would not identify himself in "Heike Monogatari").
武者は清盛の弟平経盛の子平敦盛16歳と名乗った（『源平盛衰記』によるが、『平家物語』では名乗らない）。