Among the members of Shinsengumi, those who lived the experience of the Ikedaya Incident and later went down to Hakodate surviving various fights during the Boshin Civil War were reduced to only three; Kai SHIMADA, Masajiro OZEKI and this Kango ARIDOSHI, except for Toshizo HIJIKATA, and in this sense, he was an rare person.
池田屋事件を経験し、なおかつ戊辰戦争において箱館まで転戦した新選組隊士は、土方歳三を別とすれば島田魁と尾関雅次郎、そしてこの蟻通勘吾の3名だけであり、有る意味稀有な存在である。