Hisahito

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Prince Hisahito (2013)

Prince Hisahito of Akishino ( Japanese 悠 仁 親王 , Hisahito-shinnō , born September 6, 2006 in Tokyo ) is a Japanese prince of the imperial family and the only nephew of the current Tennō Naruhito . As the only son of Crown Prince Akishino , Prince Hisahito is second in line to the imperial line of succession after his father.

Life

Hisahito is the youngest child and the only son of Prince Fumihito and his wife Princess Kiko . He was born by caesarean section in Aiiku Hospital in Tokyo . The first Japanese prince since 1965 was born when he was born . This ended the succession crisis of the imperial family. His rule that only male members are allowed to ascend the throne was given future prospects with the birth of Hisahitos. After the birth of Princess Aiko (* 2001), the daughter of the Crown Prince at the time, there was a public debate about changing the law on the imperial household to allow women to accede to the throne. The then Prime Minister Jun'ichirō Koizumi convened a commission of judges, university professors and public employees to explore possible changes to the law and draft legislative proposals. With the birth of Hisahito, the debate about changing the law ceased. Since 2013 Hisahito is an elementary students of the state Women's University Ochanomizu (Ochanomizu University Elementary School) after taking a belonging to the same university since 2010. Kindergarten had visited. This makes him the first member of the imperial family who, contrary to tradition, does not attend the general Gakushūin private school ( 学校 法人 学習 院Gakkō Hōjin Gakushūin ).

As a member of the Japanese imperial family, he bears the title of His Imperial Highness Prince Hisahito of Akishino . The prince title Akishino , which was bestowed on his father when he married in 1990 ( 秋 篠 宮 , Akishino-no-miya ) and which the family branch of Prince Fumihitos has carried since then, goes back to the name of the Buddhist monastery Akishino-dera , which is nearby the city of Nara .

Succession to the throne

In the Japanese primogeniture it is only possible for male members of the imperial family to become Tennō . Hisahito's older sisters, the princesses Mako and Kako, are not admitted to the throne .

After his father, Prince Hisahito is the second most succession of the patrilineal Japanese hereditary monarchy under the Imperial Household Act . He is the only nephew of Tennō Naruhito.

Web links

Commons : Prince Hisahito of Akishino  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Uwe Schmitt: Japan's imperial family: Princess Mako marries a commoner. In: welt.de . May 18, 2017, accessed October 7, 2018 .
  2. ^ Anne Schneppen: Imperial family in Japan: Japan's new prince is called Hisahito . Article from September 12, 2006 in the faz.net portal , accessed on August 11, 2016
  3. ↑ Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Akishino and their family ( Memento of the original from July 26, 2007 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Website of the Imperial Court Office in the portal kunaicho.gp.jp , accessed on August 12, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kunaicho.go.jp
personal data
SURNAME Hisahito
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Akishino, Prince Hisahito of (full name); Hisahito-shinnō (full name); Akishino, His Imperial Highness Prince Hisahito of (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese nobleman, son of Prince Fumihito of Japan
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 2006
PLACE OF BIRTH Tokyo