Dei of Wa

Dei of Wa (禰), also known as Sodei (祖禰, lit: great ancestor).^: 11 was a King of Wakoku, who was compared to Emperor Nintoku, founder of the Kawachi dynasty by the oriental historian Hidehiro Okada. He was not among the Five kings of Wa but would be another King of Wa predating them.^: 11

He is sometimes identified with “Mye (彌),” the Wa leader mentioned in the Book of Liang,^: 11

Kuranishi Yūko identifies him as the father of Sai of Wa who she identifies with Emperor Ingyō.^: 11 Okada identifies him with Emperor Nintoku, the grandfather of Emperor Yūryaku.

Some dispute the identification as an individual and take the phrase Sodei to refer to ancestors as a whole.^: 11