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Princess Akiko of Mikasa

1981 - Today

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Princess Akiko of Mikasa (彬子女王, Akiko Joō; born 20 December 1981) is a member of the Imperial House of Japan, a paternal second cousin of Emperor Naruhito, and the elder daughter of Prince Tomohito of Mikasa and Princess Tomohito of Mikasa (Nobuko). She is also a niece of Japan's 92nd prime minister Tarō Asō (who is the older brother of her mother), a great-niece of author and literary critic Ken'ichi Yoshida, and a great-granddaughter of Japan's 45th prime minister Shigeru Yoshida. In September 2025, Princess Akiko became the head of the Mikasa-no-miya branch of the imperial family. She is the first woman who was a princess by birth to succeed as head of a branch of the imperial family since Princess Sumiko. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Princess Akiko of Mikasa is the 1,406th most popular nobleman (down from 1,387th in 2024), the 2,602nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,061st in 2019) and the 16th most popular Japanese Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Princess Akiko of Mikasa ranks 1,406 out of 1,415. Before her are Princess Aisha bint Hussein, Princess Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland, Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala, Tishyaraksha, Princess Iman bint Abdullah, and Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven. After her are Princess Isabella of Denmark, Kim Ju-ae, Albert, 12th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Philip, Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia, Jacques, Hereditary Prince of Monaco, and Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Princess Akiko of Mikasa ranks 477. Before her are Yūichi Komano, Christian Giménez, Jorge Ribeiro, Peter Odemwingie, Alex Neil, and Rodrigo Sorogoyen. After her are Ryoichi Maeda, Marcinho, Shiri Maimon, Gianmaria Bruni, Elina Valtonen, and Julia Dietze.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Princess Akiko of Mikasa ranks 2,602 out of 6,245. Before her are Masayoshi Yoshida (1982), Kenichi Suzumura (1974), Koji Inada (1985), Machi Tawara (1962), Yoshiaki Koizumi (1968), and Hideki Nomiyama (1975). After her are Ryoichi Maeda (1981), Shunkun Tani (1993), Shinji Aoyama (1964), Kimiya Yui (1970), Shinji Murai (1979), and Sho Kamimura (1989).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Japan

Among noblemen born in Japan, Princess Akiko of Mikasa ranks 16. Before her are Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu (1911), Princess Tomohito of Mikasa (1955), Princess Mako of Akishino (1991), Aiko, Princess Toshi (2001), Princess Kako of Akishino (1994), and Prince Hisahito of Akishino (2006). After her are Princess Tsuguko of Takamado (1986), Ayako Moriya (1990), and Noriko Senge (1988).

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