Tametomo styled himself the Chinzei So-tsuibushi and acted violently, fighting dozens of battles with the local lords of Kyushu like the Kikuchi and Harada clans and, by repeatedly assaulting their castles came to control all of Kyushu within three years.
自ら鎮西総追捕使と称して暴れまわり、菊池氏、原田氏など九州の豪族たちと数十回の合戦、城攻めを繰り返して3年のうちに九州を平らげてしまった。