Yoritune's father, Yorisuke NANBA was called the greatest master of Kemari in Japan, and Masatsune ASUKAI inherited the mastery of kemari talent from his grandfather and became the founder of the Asukai school.
頼経の父難波頼輔は本朝における蹴鞠一道の長とも称された蹴鞠の名手であったが、孫の飛鳥井雅経も蹴鞠に秀で、飛鳥井流の祖となった。