His father or grandfather was KATSURAGI no Sotsuhiko (the Nihonshoki had both descriptions which were inconsistent, and the Kugyobunin (directory of court nobles) mentioned that KATSURAGI no Sotsuhiko was his father).
葛城襲津彦（かつらぎのそつひこ）が父または祖父（日本書紀には両方の記述があって矛盾している。公卿補任によれば父）。