He had two elder brothers, Iehiro SHO, the fourth head of the head family of Kodama Party, and Ieto SHIONOYA (therefore, the Sho clan and the Shionoya clan of the Kodama Party were of the same origin).
兄は2人おり、児玉党本宗家4代目である庄家弘と塩谷家遠がいる（その為、庄氏と児玉党系塩谷氏は同族である）。