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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苏我稻目（约506年 - 570年），『元兴寺伽蓝缘起并流记资财帐』记载了一则推古十三年的佛像铭文，其名记作巷哥伊奈米。他是苏我氏头人执政至钦明天皇时代。他是在536年成为大臣。（他父亲是苏我高丽，他儿子是权臣苏我马子）。

他为了巩固权力将两个女儿苏我坚盐媛与小姉君也嫁给钦明天皇。将来的用明天皇、崇峻天皇与推古天皇也与苏我氏有关。

在外交上重视大陆与渡来人，他曾邀请百济五经博士王辰尔来日本解读高句丽国书与管理船税。他也热衷引入佛教，根据日本书纪说法百济圣明王时传入佛教，在信仰佛教问题上与物部氏不合。