Kibitsuhiko-no-mikoto

Kibitsu-hiko-no-mikoto (吉備津彦命), also known as Hiko Isuseri-hiko no mikoto, was a legendary Japanese prince.

According to the Nihon Shoki, he was the son of Emperor Kōrei.^[1] Legend says this prince slayed an ogre called Ura, which may be the demonization of the Kingdom of Kibi, destroyed during the reign of Kōrei-Tennō.

His kami is enshrined at Shinto shrines in Okayama Prefecture and Hiroshima Prefecture.^[2]

Family tree

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Nunakawahime[3] Ōkuninushi[4][5]: 278  (Ōnamuchi)[6] Kamotaketsunumi no Mikoto[7] Kotoshironushi[8][9] Tamakushi-hime[7] Takeminakata[10][11] Susa Clan[12] 1 Jimmu[13] 1Himetataraisuzu-hime[13] Kamo no Okimi[8][14] Mirahime [ja] 2 Suizei[15][16][17][18][19][20] 2Isuzuyori-hime[18][19][20][14][21] Kamuyaimimi[15][16][17] 3 Annei[22][8][18][19][20] 〔Ō clan[23][24]〕 〔Aso clan[25]〕 3 Nunasokonakatsu-hime[26][8] Kamo clan Takakuraji Miwa clan 4 Itoku[22][8] Ikisomimi no mikoto [ja][22] Ame no Murakumo [ja] 4Amatoyotsuhime no Mikoto [ja][22] Amaoshio no mikoto [ja] 5 Emperor Kōshō[22][8][27] 5Yosotarashi-hime[8] Okitsu Yoso [ja] 6 Emperor Kōan[8] Prince Ameoshitarashi [ja][27] Owari clan 6Oshihime [ja][8][27] 〔Wani clan〕[28] 7 Emperor Kōrei[29][8][27][30] 7Kuwashi-hime[30] 8 Emperor Kōgen[31][30] 8Utsushikome [ja][31] Princess Yamato Totohi Momoso[29] Kibitsuhiko-no-mikoto[32] Wakatakehiko [ja] 9Ikagashikome[a] [34][35] Hikofutsuoshi no Makoto no Mikoto [ja][35] 9 Emperor Kaika[31] Prince Ohiko [ja][36] 〔Kibi clan〕 Yanushi Otake Ogokoro no Mikoto [ja][35] 10 Emperor Sujin[37][38] 10Mimaki-hime[39] 〔Abe clan〕[36] Takenouchi no Sukune[35] 11 Emperor Suinin[40][41] 11Saho-hime[42] 12Hibasu-hime [ja][43] Yasaka Iribiko[44][45][46] Toyosukiiri-hime [ja][47] Nunaki-iri-hime [ja][29] Yamatohime-no-mikoto[48] 〔Katsuragi clan〕 13Harima no Inabi no Ōiratsume [ja] 12 Emperor Keiko[41][43] 14Yasakairi-hime [ja][44][45][46] Otoyo no mikoto [ja] Futaji Irihime [ja][49] Yamato Takeru[50][51] Miyazu-hime Takeinadane [ja] Ioki Iribiko 13Emperor Seimu[50][51] 14Emperor Chūai[50][51] [52] 15Empress Jingū[53] Homuda Mawaka 15Emperor Ōjin[53] 16Nakatsuhime[54][55][56] 16Emperor Nintoku[57]