{{Short description|King of Kununokuni}} '''Himikoko''' (卑弥弓呼; also spelled 卑彌弓呼) was the king of Kununokuni.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=大沢ひさよし |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AhwzEQAAQBAJ&dq=%E5%8D%91%E5%BC%A5%E5%BC%93%E5%91%BC&pg=PT54 |title=邪馬台国の謎に迫る、消えた九州王朝: DNA分析と考古学で紐解く古代の秘密 |date=2024-11-22 |publisher=アット・トライアングル株式会社 |language=en}}</ref>
==Life== Little is known about the life of Himikoko as he is briefly mentioned in the Records of Wei.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=三訂版 |first=デジタル大辞泉,精選版 日本国語大辞典,日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ),改訂新版 世界大百科事典,百科事典マイペディア,山川 日本史小辞典 改訂新版,ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典,旺文社日本史事典 |title=狗奴国(クヌコク)とは？ 意味や使い方 |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%8B%97%E5%A5%B4%E5%9B%BD-55766 |access-date=2025-10-12 |website=コトバンク |language=ja}}</ref> The little information that is known suggests that he was not on good terms with Himiko, the reigning queen of Yamatai.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> Himiko had become the Queen of Yamatai after a civil war, and led a generally peaceful reign.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Harding |first=Christopher |title=The Japanese, A History in Twenty Lives |publisher=Penguin Books |isbn=978-0-141-99228-0 |pages=13, 19–20}}</ref> However, there was a brief interlude within this peace in which Himiko, and Himikoko got into a disagreement, and Himikoko attacked Yamatai, to which he lost.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=朴炳植 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i5zTAAAAMAAJ&q=%E5%8D%91%E5%BC%A5%E5%BC%93%E5%91%BC |title=卑弥呼は語る: 言葉が復元する日本の古代史 |date=1989 |publisher=学習研究社 |isbn=978-4-05-102920-3 |language=ja}}</ref> It is here where Himikoko is dropped from the narrative of the ''Records of Wei'', and little information exists about him.
== References == {{Reflist}}
Category:Wajinden Category:Japanese monarchs Category:People of the Yayoi period {{Yamatai}}