Background
He was a son of Emperor Temmu.
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He was a son of Emperor Temmu.
He was given the posthumous name, Emperor Sudoujinkei (崇道尽敬皇帝, Sudōjinkei Kōtei), as the father of Emperor Junnin. In the beginning of the Nara period, he gained political power as a leader of the Imperial family together with Prince Nagaya. He supervised the compilation of the Nihonshoki.
Prince Toneri was a son of Emperor Temmu.
Toneri"s mother was Princess Nītabe, who was a daughter of Emperor Tenji. His consort was Taima-no-Yamashiro (or Tagima-no-Yamashiro) and he had many sons: Princes Mihara, Mishima, Fune (or Funa), Ikeda, Moribe, Miura and Ōi (later Emperor Junnin).
Although he was plagued, he survived and lived longest among the sons of Emperor Temmu. Some of his descendants (known as the Kiyohara clan) took the Kiyohara surname.
The character Toneri Otsutsuki in The Last: Naruto the Movie is named after Prince Toneri.