 Further, he supported Hironori's younger brother, Naitō Hiroharu, to reconstitute the Naitō clan, while enabling Sue Okifusa, the youngest member of the Sue clan, to lead the Sue.In 1499, Sugi Takeakira, a senior retainer, colluded with a "daimyō" from Bungo Province named Ōtomo Chikaharu in an effort to seize control of the Ōuchi clan.The plot was to abandon Yoshioki in favor of his younger brother, Ōuchi Takahiro.