Totada excelled in martial art as well as being skilled in kado (waka poetry study) (studied under Sanetaka SANJONISHI) and calligraphy, and he led the height of Tochi clan as the busho of both the literary and military arts.
遠忠は武勇に優れ、歌道（三条西実隆に師事）や書道にも通じ、文武両道の武将として十市氏の最盛期を築いたとされる。