Gyōki was a Japanese Buddhist priest of the Nara period, born in Ōtori county, Kawachi Province, the son of Koshi no Saichi. According to one theory, one of his ancestors was of Korean descent.

Bodhisena or Bodaisenna (704–760) was an Indian Buddhist scholar and monk known for traveling to Japan and China and establishing the Kegon school, the Japanese transmission of the Huayan school of Chinese Buddhism.