He was also the head of the Naito family, whose family members assumed the post of Shugodai (deputy military governor) of Nagato Province for generations as a chief retainer of the Ouchi clan of shugo daimyo (shugo, which were Japanese provincial military governors, that became daimyo, which were Japanese feudal lords).
周防国長門国の守護大名大内氏の家老として、代々長門守護代を務める内藤氏の当主。