Kibi no Makibi, the founder of Hiromine Shrine was a famous member.
This setup has several meanings:[10]: 239 This way, the Kibitsu Shrine uses its ties to the Kibi clan.
[10]: 239 The story of Emperor Keikō and Inami-no-Wakiiratsume in the Harima Fudoki shows the relationship between the Kibi clan and the Yamato Kingship.
It suggests that the Inami area was once a border between the Yamato and Kibi regions.
Instead, Otarashihiko might have been a local leader in the Inami district of the Harima coast.
[11] The Kibi Clan Rebellion (吉備氏の乱, kibishi no ran) from 463 was a revolt against the Yamato state on the Korean peninsula, involving two brothers from the Kibi clan: Tasa and Oto.
The incident falls into Japan's proto-historic period and is recounted in the Nihon Shoki.