Since the SOGA clan had a precedent that SOGA no Iruka had another name, Kuratsukuri (saddle makers), also in the case of Akae Toneri (palace servant) could be Akae's another name, but there is another theory that Toneri refers to a different person.
蘇我氏には蘇我入鹿が鞍作という別名をもっていた例があるので、赤兄と舎人の場合もそうだとみることもできるが、別人を指すとみる説もある。