Akishino (prince)

Crown Prince Akishino (2014)

Crown Prince Fumihito of Akishino ( Japanese 秋 篠 宮 文 仁 親王 , Akishino-no-miya Fumihito-shinnō; born November 30, 1965 ) is the younger brother of Emperor Naruhito of Japan , the 126th Tennō , and since the abdication of his father Akihito on 30 November 1965 . April 2019 first in line to the throne. He has been called Akishino-no-miya since his marriage in June 1990 and is head of a separate branch of the Japanese imperial family .

education

Akishino, son of Akihito and Empress Michiko , studied 1984-1988 jurisprudence , biology and political science at Gakushuin University and then at St John's College of the University of Oxford 1988-1990 Ichthyology specifically, the taxonomy of fish. In 1996 he received his doctorate from the Graduate University for Interdisciplinary Research ( 総 合 研究 大 学院 大学 Sōgō kenkyū daigakuin daigaku; eng. "Graduate University for Advanced Studies") with a dissertation on ornithology .

Marriage and family

Crown Prince and Princess Akishino (2016)

The imperial court office gave the prince permission to found a new branch of the imperial family. The Tennō gave his second son the title Akishino no miya on his wedding day . Akishino married Princess Kiko on June 29, 1990 .

The couple has three children:

• Princess Mako ( 眞 子 内 親王 , Mako-naishinnō; * October 23, 1991 )
• Princess Kako ( 佳 子 内 親王 , Kako-naishinnō; * December 29, 1994 )
• Prince Hisahito ( 悠 仁 親王 , Hisahito-shinnō; * September 6, 2006 )

Succession to the throne

Standard of the Crown Prince

In the Japanese primogeniture it is only possible for male members of the imperial family to become Tennō , that is, in the event of the death of Emperor Naruhito , his younger brother Crown Prince Fumihito will be appointed as the new Emperor of Japan. In the Japanese succession to the throne, Crown Prince Fumihito is number one for the chrysanthemum throne .

Web links

Commons : Prince Fumihito of Akishino  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Akishino , information on the website of the Imperial Court Office (in English)