He is recorded in Japan's earliest literary texts, the Kojiki (712) and the Nihon Shoki (720).
[1][2] When the two were born, an eagle owl (tsuku in Japanese) flew into the delivery room of Ōjin's son, and a wren (sazaki in Japanese) flew into the delivery room of Takenouchi no Sukune's son.
[2] In the 8th month of the 16th year of Ojin's reign, when Kazuragi no Sotsuhiko did not return from Korea for a long time, the emperor concluded that Silla was preventing him from leaving and sent Tsuku and Ikuha no Toda no Sukune with their elite troops to Silla.
After this, they suppressed the rebellion of Prince Naka (Nakatsumiko) according to the orders of Mitsuhawake no Sumeramikoto (later Emperor Hanzei).
Tsuku and the others killed Sashihire in return and commented, "For us this is a great achievement, but for the Emperor this is merciless.