During the same period, there was another person with the name Mino no Okimi (the name of the Mino no Okimi that is the subject of this article is written in Japanese kanji as 美濃王, while that of the other Mino no Okimi is written as 美努王) who remained neutral during the Jinshin war, and opinions vary as to which "Mino no Okimi" is referred to in the various documentary records of that time.
同時代に壬申の乱で中立を保った同名の美努王がおり、文献に出る「みののおおきみ」のどれが誰なのかについて諸説ある。