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Prince Tomohito of Mikasa

1946 - 2012

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Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (寛仁親王, Tomohito Shinnō; 5 January 1946 – 6 June 2012) was a member of the Imperial House of Japan and the eldest son of Takahito, Prince Mikasa and Yuriko, Princess Mikasa. He was a first cousin of Emperor Akihito, and was formerly sixth in the line of succession to the Japanese throne and the heir apparent to the princely house of Mikasa-no-miya and the title "Prince Mikasa". Prince Tomohito was the first member of the Imperial House of Japan with a full beard since Emperor Meiji, thus earning him the popular nickname of the "Bearded Prince" (ヒゲの殿下 Hige no Denka). He died of cancer on 6 June 2012, aged 66. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Prince Tomohito of Mikasa is the 836th most popular nobleman (up from 862nd in 2019), the 868th most popular biography from Japan (down from 863rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Japanese Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Prince Tomohito of Mikasa ranks 836 out of 1,415. Before her are Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt, Robert III, Count of Dreux, Charles II, Lord of Monaco, Salomon, King of Brittany, John George I, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, and Adalbert I of Ivrea. After her are Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen, Burchard II, Duke of Swabia, Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin, Pons, Count of Toulouse, Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine, and Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Prince Tomohito of Mikasa ranks 289. Before her are Suzanne Somers, Jan Akkerman, Nataša Kandić, Jim Hines, Dragutin Šurbek, and Miklós Németh. After her are Murray Head, Sue Lyon, Ibn Warraq, Stephen Rea, Adam Michnik, and Ewa Kłobukowska. Among people deceased in 2012, Prince Tomohito of Mikasa ranks 157. Before her are Daniel Inouye, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Eiko Ishioka, Jiří Raška, Geoffrey Hughes, and Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein. After her are Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, Bob Anderson, Maxim of Bulgaria, George McGovern, Pavel Grachev, and Ivica Horvat.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Prince Tomohito of Mikasa ranks 868 out of 6,245. Before her are Kusumoto Ine (1827), Ashikaga Yoshikatsu (1434), Sho Kosugi (1948), Hironori Ōtsuka (1892), Gorō Miyazaki (1967), and Naoemon Shimizu (null). After her are Matsudaira Sadanobu (1759), On Kawara (1932), Motobu Chōki (1870), Senhime (1597), Osamu Dezaki (1943), and Takashi Ono (1931).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Japan

Among noblemen born in Japan, Prince Tomohito of Mikasa ranks 6. Before her are Akihito (1933), Naruhito (1960), Fumihito, Prince Akishino (1965), Yodo-dono (1569), and Prince Yasuhiko Asaka (1887). After her are 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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