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Michiko

Michiko

AKA: Michiko Shōda · Michiko Shoda · HIH Crown Princess Michiko of Japan · Empress Michiko · 美智子

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Born: 1934 Tokyo, Japan 1 Global Credits 🔥 0.4 Popularity
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Michiko (born Michiko Shōda, 20 October 1934) is a member of the Imperial House of Japan who served as the Empress consort of Japan as the wife of Akihito, the 125th Emperor of Japan reigning from 7 January 1989 to 30 April 2019.

Michiko married Crown Prince Akihito and became the Crown Princess of Japan in 1959. She was the first commoner and the first member of a religious minority (her family is Roman Catholic) to marry into the Japanese Imperial Family. She has three children with her husband. Her elder son, Naruhito, is the current emperor to the Chrysanthemum Throne.

As crown princess and later as empress consort, she has become the most visible and widely travelled imperial consort in Japanese history. Upon Emperor Akihito's abdication, Michiko received the new title of Jōkōgō, or Empress Emerita.

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Emperor Akihito 2019 Self (archive footage)