Akihito

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1933-12-23 (91 years old)

Birth Name

継宮明仁親王

Birth Place

Tokyo Imperial Palace, Japan

Religion

Shinto

Height

1.65-meter

Spouse

Empress Michiko

Children

Fumihito, Crown Prince of Japan, Sayako Kuroda, Naruhito

Father

Hirohito

Mother

Kōjun

Siblings

Masahito, Prince Hitachi, Shigeko Higashikuni, Atsuko Ikeda, Kazuko Takatsukasa, Sachiko, Princess Hisa, Takako Shimazu

Citizenships

Japan

Also Known As

Akihito Tsugunomiya, HIH Crown Prince Akihito of Japan, Emperor Akihito, Emperor Heisei, Chabu, 明仁

Awards

Order of the Yugoslavian Great Star, Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Three Stars, Honorary Fellow of the Zoological Society of London, Grand Cross of the Sash of the Three Orders, Knight of the Order of the White Eagle, Grand Cross of the Order of the Aztec Eagle, collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece, Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class, Grand Cross of the National Order of the Lion, Grand Cross, Special Class of the Order of the Sun of Peru, Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland, Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, Grand Cross with collar of the Order of Vytautas the Great, Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer, Collar of the Order of the White Lion, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav, Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Saint Olav, Knight of the Garter, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class, Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum, Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum, Order of the Sun of Liberty, Order of Ojaswi Rajanya, Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Netherlands Lion, Order of the Seal of Solomon, Nishan-e-Pakistan, Order of the Nile, Royal Order of the Seraphim, Order of Sikatuna, Order of the Elephant, Order of Lakandula, Order of the Redeemer, Order of the Crown of the Realm, Order of the Supreme Sun, Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold, Grand Cross of the Order of Good Hope, Grand Cross of the National Order of Mali, Grand Star of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria, Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry, Collar of the Order of Charles III, Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III, Grand Collar of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword