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

Her Imperial Highness Crown Princess Akishino

  • 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

Marriage

  • Imperial House Council
    • September 12, 1989
  • Engagement Ceremony (Nosai no Gi)
    • January 12, 1990
  • Marriage
    • June 29, 1990

Children

  • 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