A novelist Motohiko IZAWA explains his idea in his book 'Paradox of Japanese History' saying that Kurikuma no Okimi was an accomplice in the assassination of the Emperor Tenchi which was mainly plotted by the Emperor Tenmu, but he has not received any academic approval.
小説家の井沢元彦が、栗隈王を天武天皇による天智天皇暗殺の共犯者とする説を著書である「逆説の日本史」で展開しているが、学会からの賛同はない。