Akihito

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Emperor of Japan human member of the Japanese imperial family monarch

Akihito is the former Emperor of Japan who abdicated in 2019, ending the Heisei era and becoming the first Japanese monarch to step down in over two centuries.

Aliases (7)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Emperor of Japan → human → member of the Japanese imperial family → monarch →
abdicationDate	2019-04-30 →
accessionToThroneDate	1989-01-07 →
child	Fumihito → Naruhito → Sayako Kuroda →
constitutionalRole	symbol of the State and of the unity of the people of Japan →
coronationDate	1990-11-12 →
countryOfCitizenship	Japan →
dateOfBirth	1933-12-23 →
dynasty	Yamato dynasty →
education	Gakushuin University →
eraName	Heisei →
father	Hirohito →
fieldOfWork	ichthyology →
givenName	Akihito →
honorificTitle	Emperor Emeritus of Japan →
house	House of Yamato →
knownFor	efforts to bring the imperial family closer to the public → interest in ichthyology → symbolic role under Japan’s postwar constitution → visits to disaster-stricken areas in Japan →
languageSpoken	Japanese →
mother	Nagako Kuni →
nationality	Japanese →
notableEvent	abdication of the Chrysanthemum Throne →
notableFact	first Japanese emperor to abdicate in over two centuries →
placeOfBirth	Tokyo →
positionHeld	125th Emperor of Japan →
predecessor	Hirohito →
publicationTopic	goby fishes →
reignEnd	2019-04-30 →
reignStart	1989-01-07 →
religion	Shinto →
residence	Tokyo →
sexOrGender	male →
sibling	Masahito, Prince Hitachi → Princess Atsuko → Princess Kazuko → Princess Shigeko → Princess Takako →
spouse	Michiko Shōda →
style	His Majesty the Emperor Emeritus →
successor	Naruhito →
titleAfterAbdication	Jōkō →

Referenced by (42)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Prince Masahito, Prince Hitachi ("Emperor Emeritus Akihito") → Prince Masahito, Prince Hitachi ("Emperor Akihito") → Princess Kazuko ("Emperor Akihito") → Princess Shigeko ("Emperor Akihito") → Princess Takako ("Emperor Akihito") →	sibling
Empress Michiko → Empress Michiko ("Emperor Akihito") → Her Majesty the Empress Emerita ("Emperor Akihito") → Michiko → Michiko Shōda →	spouse
Fumihito → Fumihito, Crown Prince Akishino ("Emperor Emeritus Akihito") → Fumihito, Crown Prince Akishino ("Emperor Emeritus Akihito") → Naruhito →	father
Aiko, Princess Toshi ("Emperor Emeritus Akihito") → Prince Hisahito ("Emperor Emeritus Akihito") → Princess Mako ("Emperor Emeritus Akihito") →	paternalGrandfather
Princess Kiko ("Emperor Emeritus Akihito") → Princess Takako ("Emperor Akihito") →	notableRelative
Chrysanthemum Throne → Emperor of Japan →	previousEmperor
Fumihito ("Emperor Emeritus Akihito") → Princess Atsuko ("Emperor Akihito") →	relative
Emperor Hirohito ("Emperor Akihito") →	child
Heisei →	emperorDuringEra
Heisei ("Emperor Akihito") →	eraNameOf
Kiko, Crown Princess Akishino ("Emperor Emeritus Akihito") →	fatherInLaw
Akihito →	givenName
Gakushuin University ("Emperor Akihito") →	hasNotableAlumni
Stranger Knights of the Garter ("Emperor Akihito of Japan") →	hasNotableMember
Order of the Chrysanthemum ("Emperor Heisei") →	hasRecipient
Naruhito →	heirApparentOf
Michiko →	monarchConsortOf
Empress Kōjun ("Emperor Akihito") →	motherOf
Heisei ("Emperor Akihito") →	namedAfter
Michiko ("上皇后美智子") →	nameInJapanese
Naruhito →	predecessor
Reiwa →	predecessorEmperor
Heisei →	reignOf
Michiko ("Emperor Emeritus of Japan") →	spouseTitle
Akihito ("His Majesty the Emperor Emeritus") →	style
Emperor Hirohito ("Emperor Akihito") →	succeededBy