It is said then that, in May 1560, just before the Battle of Okehazama, Motonobu kidnapped Takechiyo (later known as Nobuyasu MATSUDAIRA), the legitimate son of Ieyasu (Motoyasu), who was held hostage in Sunpu and ran away to Toutomi Province.
そして同年4月の桶狭間の戦い直前、元信は家康（元康）の嫡男で駿府に人質としてあった竹千代（のちの松平信康）を誘拐して遠江国に逃走したという。