After leaving Bukko-ji Temple as result of an internal conflict within the school in 1481, he became a pupil of Rennyo and changed his name from Kyogo to Renkyo.
1481年（文明(日本)13年）、宗派内の内紛から佛光寺を出て蓮如の門下となり、経豪から蓮敎と名を改めた。