was a leader of the Soga clan and a statesman during the reign of Emperor Kinmei in the Asuka period. He was the first person to hold the position of Ōomi that can be verified with reasonable accuracy, in 536 A.D. Essentially what this means: Japan's first head of government (or more precisely Yamato's) with the Ōkimi (later denoted Emperor) as head of state.

He was the son of Soga no Koma and the father of Soga no Umako.

Soga no Iname solidified his power by marrying two of his daughters, Soga no Kitashihime and Soga no Oanegimi, to Emperor Kinmei. Between the two of them they gave birth to three future emperors, Emperor Yōmei, Emperor Sushun and Empress Suiko, as well as numerous other princes and princesses.

Soga no Iname is also known for his early support of Buddhism which, according to the Nihon Shoki, was introduced to the Yamato court from Paekche in 552. (However, according to a different source, the Jōgū Shōtoku Hōō Teisetsu, it was introduced in 538.) Opposing Iname and against the acceptance of this new foreign religion were Mononobe no Okoshi and Nakatomi no Kamako. The rivalry between the Sogas and the Mononobe and Nakatomi clans would carry on into future generations, with Iname's son Soga no Umako defeating Okoshi's son Mononobe no Moriya in 587, and his grandson and great-grandson Soga no Emishi and Soga no Iruka being defeated by a descendant of Kamako, Nakatomi no Kamatari, in the Isshi Incident.

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蘇我稻目（約506年 - 570年），『元興寺伽藍緣起並流記資財帳』記載了一則推古十三年的佛像銘文，其名記作巷哥伊奈米。他是蘇我氏頭人執政至欽明天皇時代。他是在536年成為大臣。（他父親是蘇我高麗，他兒子是權臣蘇我馬子）。

他為了鞏固權力將兩個女兒蘇我堅鹽媛與小姉君也嫁給欽明天皇。將來的用明天皇、崇峻天皇與推古天皇也與蘇我氏有關。

在外交上重視大陸與渡來人，他曾邀請百濟五經博士王辰爾來日本解讀高句麗國書與管理船稅。他也熱衷引入佛教，根據日本書紀說法百濟聖明王時傳入佛教，在信仰佛教問題上與物部氏不合。