Abe no Hirafu

Abe no Hirafu (阿部比羅夫

Japanese language

is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family. There are a number of proposed relationships with other languages, but none have gained general acceptance...

) was a governor of Koshi Province

Koshi Province

Koshi was an old province of Japan, that is now known as the Hokuriku region. At the end of the 7th century it was divided into three separate provinces: Echizen, Echigo and Etchū . The names of new provinces mean front-Koshi, rear-Koshi and middle-Koshi respectively that represent the distance...

. He fought against the aboriginal inhabitants of Japan

Japan

is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 (called, at that time, ebisu, which basically means `barbarian'). This was in 658. Three years later, in 661, he led an expedition into Korea to help Baekje

Baekje

Baekje or Paekche was a kingdom located in southwest Korea. It was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, together with Goguryeo and Silla....

, an ally on the Korean peninsula, in the Battle of Baekgang

Battle of Baekgang

The Battle of Baekgang, also known as Battle of Baekgang-gu or by the Japanese name Battle of Hakusukinoe , was a battle between Baekje restoration forces and their ally, Yamato Japan, against the allied forces of Silla and the Tang Dynasty of China...

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Note that the early dates on this info means that everything is suspect (more than usual) and should be double and triple checked.

Abe no Hirafu might be the ancestor of one or more of the Abe clans, as well as the Ando and Akita clans.