, also known as . was a King of Wakoku, who was compared to Emperor Nintoku, founder of the Kawachi dynasty by the historian Hidehiro Okada. He was not among the Five kings of Wa but would be another King of Wa predating them.
He is sometimes identified with âÂÂMye (å½Â),â the Wa leader mentioned in the Book of Liang,
Kuranishi Yà «ko identifies him as the father of Sai of Wa who she identifies with Emperor Ingyà Â. Okada identifies him with Emperor Nintoku, the grandfather of Emperor Yà «ryaku.
Some dispute the identification as an individual and take the phrase Sodei to refer to ancestors as a whole.
This is the genealogy proposed by Okada:
The name Dei is recorded in the Book of Song as the Japanese king Wangmu to the Song dynasty of the Northern and Southern dynasties of China in 487,
Okada (岡ç°) said of
is Emperor Nintoku, the grandfather of Emperor Yà «ryaku.ãÂÂ
Bu of Wa, wrote in a letter addressed to the Song dynasty in China in 487 that he had been engaged in warfare both at sea and abroad since the generation of Grandfather-DeiãÂÂç¥Â禰ãÂÂor his grandfather Dei of Wa. There must be another King of Wa before San, Chin, and Sai.