He joined Jinmu tosei (Eastern expedition of the Emperor Jinmu) with his younger brothers, but during the battle against Nagasunehiko at Shirakata no tsu (Bay of Shirakata) (or Kusaezaka) in Namihaya no kuni (Namihaya Province), he was hit by the arrow that Nagasunehiko had sent.
弟たちとともに神武東征に従軍したが、浪速国の白肩津（あるいは孔舎衛坂）での長髄彦との交戦中に長髄彦の矢に射られた。