According to "Heike Monogatari" (The Tale of the Heike), Naozane KUMAGAI who slew TAIRA no Atsumori and later became a priest regretting what he had done also said that he was a descendant of Naokata.
『平家物語』などで平敦盛を討ち、後に後悔して出家した熊谷直実も直方の子孫を称している。