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Akihito

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Akihito (born 23 December 1933) is a member of the Imperial House of Japan who reigned as the 125th emperor of Japan from 1989 until his abdication in 2019. The era of his rule was named the Heisei era, Heisei being an expression of achieving peace worldwide. Born in 1933, Akihito is the fifth child and first son of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun. During the Second World War, he moved out of Tokyo with his classmates and remained in Nikkō until 1945. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Akihito is the 15th most popular nobleman (down from 11th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Japan (down from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Nobleman.

Akihito is most famous for being the 125th Emperor of Japan. He was born on December 23, 1933, and is the first emperor to be born in Japan since Emperor Komei in 1846. Akihito married Michiko Shoda on April 10, 1959, and they have three children: Crown Prince Naruhito, Princess Masako, and Princess Aiko.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Akihito ranks 15 out of 1,415. Before him are Catherine the Great, Juan Carlos I of Spain, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Albert, Prince Consort, Ragnar Lodbrok, and Rollo. After him are Edward the Black Prince, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, Harold Harefoot, and Empress Matilda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Akihito ranks 1. After him are Jean-Paul Belmondo, Karl Lagerfeld, Garrincha, Roman Polanski, Dalida, Montserrat Caballé, Yoko Ono, Michael Caine, Lina Medina, Claudio Abbado, and Francisco Gento.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Akihito ranks 5 out of 6,245. Before him are Hirohito (1901), Matsuo Bashō (1644), Hokusai (1760), and Hayao Miyazaki (1941). After him are Oda Nobunaga (1534), Akira Kurosawa (1910), Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542), Emperor Meiji (1852), Miyamoto Musashi (1584), Naruhito (1960), and Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Japan

Among noblemen born in Japan, Akihito ranks 1. After him are Naruhito (1960), Fumihito, Prince Akishino (1965), Yodo-dono (1569), Prince Yasuhiko Asaka (1887), Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (1946), Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu (1905), Sayako Kuroda (1969), Kiko, Princess Akishino (1966), Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu (1911), Princess Tomohito of Mikasa (1955), and Princess Mako of Akishino (1991).

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