Upon Tensonkorin (the descent to earth of the grandson of the sun goddess) he was ordered to descend with Ninigi, and he accompanied him as one of Itsutomonoo (five deities later to become ancestral deities of the five clans).
天孫降臨の際には、ニニギに従って天降るよう命じられ、五伴緒の一人として随伴した。