In the "Nihonshoki" (the Chronicles of Japan), Hosusori no Mikoto (written as 火闌降命 in Japanese) appears in the main account and the eighth issho (addendum), and Hosuseri no Mikoto (written as 火酢芹命 in Japanese) appears in the second, the third, and the sixth issho.
日本書紀では、火闌降命（ほすそりのみこと。本文・第八の一書）または火酢芹命（ほすせりのみこと。第二・第三・第六の一書）が登場する。