Although not many reports about Prince were kept, "Nihonshoki" (Chronicles of Japan) said that he was killed because he was very close with Prince Anahobe when MONONOBE no Moriya tried to ascend to the throne.
皇子についての記述は少ないが、日本書紀には物部守屋に擁立されようとした穴穂部皇子と深く親しかったので殺されたとある。