Although most of members of Wakae Hachinin-shu were originally military commanders who served Yasunaga MIYOSHI as his retainers, they came to serve Hidetsugu TOYOTOMI, who was a prospective successor of Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI, personally chosen by Hideyoshi himself.
多くの武将は三好康長に仕えていた家臣であるが、豊臣秀吉が人選して甥で後継者候補の豊臣秀次の配下にしたものである。