In many versions of his birth story, he is born from Amaterasu’s jewels after being chewed up and spat out by Susanoo-no-Mikoto.
[1][2][3] He was fourth born of the five children of the jewels of Amaterasu.
[1] He was born out of a kami-making competition between Amaterasu and Susanoo.
In many versions of the story, Susanoo took Amaterasu's beads and crushed them within his mouth, which created five male kami.
[6][7] The first one to be born was Ame-no-oshihomimi, second was Ame-no-hohi, third was Amatsuhikone, fourth was Ikutsuhikone, and Kumanokusubi was the fifth.