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Empress Masako

1963 - Today

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Masako (雅子; born Masako Owada (小和田雅子, Owada Masako); 9 December 1963) is Empress of Japan as the wife of Emperor Naruhito. Born in Tokyo, Masako was educated at Belmont High School in Massachusetts before attending Harvard College, earning a B.A., magna cum laude, in economics. She also studied law at the University of Tokyo and international relations at Balliol College, Oxford. She then worked for Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a diplomat. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Empress Masako is the 6,726th most popular politician (down from 4,750th in 2019), the 548th most popular biography from Japan (down from 301st in 2019) and the 188th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Empress Masako ranks 6,726 out of 19,576. Before her are Kaykaus II, Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel, Pierre Werner, Godwin, Earl of Wessex, Emperor Shizong of Liao, and Lucius Aemilius Lepidus Paullus. After her are Alexis Tsipras, Ninus, Shi Le, Yang Jia of Shang, Al-Muhtadee Billah, and Perctarit.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Empress Masako ranks 74. Before her are Karin Keller-Sutter, Coolio, Yngwie Malmsteen, David Thewlis, Míchel, and May-Britt Moser. After her are Roberto Donadoni, Steven Soderbergh, Manuel Marrero Cruz, Junji Ito, Satoshi Kon, and Mike Pompeo.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Empress Masako ranks 548 out of 6,245. Before her are Miki Matsubara (1959), Hideo Shinojima (1910), Kyu Sakamoto (1941), Michiyo Taki (null), Ōyama Iwao (1842), and Seiichi Sakiya (1950). After her are Ken Kutaragi (1950), Tomomi Seo (1950), Takahito, Prince Mikasa (1915), Taira no Masakado (903), Emperor Ichijō (980), and Akiyuki Nosaka (1930).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Empress Masako ranks 188. Before her are Ashikaga Yoshimasa (1435), Tokugawa Ienari (1773), Masahito, Prince Hitachi (1935), Fusako Shigenobu (1945), Tokugawa Ieharu (1737), and Ōyama Iwao (1842). After her are Takahito, Prince Mikasa (1915), Emperor Ichijō (980), Tokugawa Ieshige (1712), Hajime Sugiyama (1880), Kuroda Kiyotaka (1840), and Emperor Shirakawa (1053).

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