Because he and his wife, a daughter of Sanehisa TOKUDAIJI, did not have biological children, they adopted the second son of Takanari ARAO, Tadanobu WADA, as their successor.
室の徳大寺実久の娘との間には実子がなかったため、荒尾嵩就二男・和田三信を養子にして家督を継がせた。