Their Imperial Highnesses Crown Prince and Crown Princess Akishino and their family

His Imperial Highness Crown Prince Akishino

Name

Fumihito

Lineage

Second Son of His Majesty the Emperor Emeritus

Date of Birth

November 30, 1965

The Personal Title for Young Members(Been conferred in accordance with the Imperial Family's tradition of appellation)

Prince Aya (Aya-no-Miya)

Coming of Age Ceremony

November 30, 1985 (at the age of 20)

Ceremonies for Proclamation of Crown Prince

November 8, 2020

Honorary Positions and similar positions

Member of the Imperial House Council
President of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology
President of the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums
Patron of the Association for Conserving Mitera Sennyuji Temple
(Mitera Sennyuji is the temple in which the Imperial memorial tablets are enshrined)
Patron of the Social Welfare Organization "Saiseikai" Imperial Gift Foundation Inc.
Patron of the Agricultural Society of Japan
Patron of the Japan Forestry Association
Patron of the Japan Association of Botanical Gardens
Patron of the Foundation for Academic Specimens of Domesticated Animals
Honorary Patron of the World Wide Fund for Nature Japan
Honorary Patron of the Japan-Netherlands Society
Honorary Patron of the Association for All Nippon Gourd Fanciers
Honorary President of the Japan Water Prize Committee
Honorary President of the Waksman Foundation of Japan Inc
Honorary Vice President of the Siam Society
Honorary Fellow of the University Museum of the University of Tokyo
Guest professor of Tokyo University of Agriculture
Honorary Associate of the Australian Museum

Education

1988 - Graduated from the Department of Political Studies in the Faculty of Law of Gakushuin University
1988-1990 - Studied abroad at the Graduate School of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK
1996 - Granted Ph.D. from The Graduate University for Advanced Studies

Name

Kiko

Lineage

Eldest Daughter of Prof. Tatsuhiko Kawashima

Date of Birth

September 11, 1966

Honorary Positions and similar positions

Reserve Member of the Imperial House Council
Patroness of the Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association
President of the Imperial Gift Foundation Boshi-Aiiku-kai
Honorary Patroness of the Society for the Protection of the Cultural Heritage of Daishoji Imperial Convent
Honorary Vice-President of the Japanese Red Cross Society
Honorary Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Honorary Research Fellow of the Ochanomizu University Institute for Education and Human Development

Education

1989 - Graduated from the Department of Psychology in the Faculty of Letters of Gakushuin University
1995 - Completed first part of doctorate with a graduate course in psychology at the Graduate School of Humanities of Gakushuin University
2013 - Granted Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University

Imperial House Council

September 12, 1989

Engagement Ceremony (Nosai no Gi)

January 12, 1990

Marriage

June 29, 1990

First Daughter

Her Imperial Highness Princess Mako
Date of Birth: October 23, 1991
2014 - Graduated from the Division of Arts and Sciences, the College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University
2016 - MA from the University of Leicester, UK
2021 - Left in the doctoral course (Ph.D.) of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, International Christian University Graduate School
Marriage : 26 October 2021(Mrs.Kei Komuro).

Second Daughter

Her Imperial Highness Princess Kako
Date of Birth: December 29, 1994
2019 - Graduated from the Division of Arts and Sciences, the College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University
Fixed-term employee at the Japanese Federation of the Deaf
Honorary Patron of the Japan Tennis Association

First Son

His Imperial Highness Prince Hisahito
Date of Birth: September 6, 2006
Currently His Imperial Highness is attending Senior High School at Otsuka, University of Tsukuba