1933 - Today
Akihito (明仁, Japanese: [akiꜜçi̥to]; English: AK-ee-HEE-toh or AHK-; born 23 December 1933) is a member of the Imperial House of Japan who reigned as the 125th emperor of Japan from 1989 until his abdication in 2019. The era of his rule was named the Heisei (平成) era, Heisei being an expression of achieving peace worldwide. Born in 1933, Akihito is the fifth child and first son of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Akihito has received more than 10,244,565 page views. His biography is available in 111 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 104 in 2019). Akihito is the 9th most popular nobleman (up from 12th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Japan (up from 6th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Nobleman.
Akihito is most famous for being the 125th Emperor of Japan. He was born on December 23, 1933, and is the first emperor to be born in Japan since Emperor Komei in 1846. Akihito married Michiko Shoda on April 10, 1959, and they have three children: Crown Prince Naruhito, Princess Masako, and Princess Aiko.
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Among noblemen, Akihito ranks 9 out of 842. Before him are Marie Antoinette, Ramesses II, Ragnar Lodbrok, Catherine the Great, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and Margrethe II of Denmark. After him are Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, William the Conqueror, Charles, Prince of Wales, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, and Albert, Prince Consort.
1755 - 1793
HPI: 85.12
Rank: 3
1303 BC - 1213 BC
HPI: 85.07
Rank: 4
850 - 801
HPI: 84.44
Rank: 5
1729 - 1796
HPI: 83.49
Rank: 6
1921 - 2021
HPI: 82.19
Rank: 7
1940 - Present
HPI: 79.66
Rank: 8
1933 - Present
HPI: 79.44
Rank: 9
1863 - 1914
HPI: 79.42
Rank: 10
1900 - 2002
HPI: 79.31
Rank: 11
1028 - 1087
HPI: 79.27
Rank: 12
1948 - Present
HPI: 78.92
Rank: 13
1930 - 2002
HPI: 78.57
Rank: 14
1819 - 1861
HPI: 77.02
Rank: 15
Among people born in 1933, Akihito ranks 2. Before him is Jean-Paul Belmondo. After him are Karl Lagerfeld, Dalida, Garrincha, Roman Polanski, Montserrat Caballé, Michael Caine, Yoko Ono, Charles K. Kao, James Brown, and Francisco Gento.
1933 - 2021
HPI: 81.31
Rank: 1
1933 - Present
HPI: 79.44
Rank: 2
1933 - 2019
HPI: 77.15
Rank: 3
1933 - 1987
HPI: 76.60
Rank: 4
1933 - 1983
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 5
1933 - Present
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 6
1933 - 2018
HPI: 75.27
Rank: 7
1933 - Present
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 8
1933 - Present
HPI: 72.14
Rank: 9
1933 - 2018
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 10
1933 - 2006
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 11
1933 - 2022
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 12
Among people born in Japan, Akihito ranks 3 out of 6,048. Before him are Hirohito (1901) and Hokusai (1760). After him are Akira Kurosawa (1910), Hayao Miyazaki (1941), Miyamoto Musashi (1584), Oda Nobunaga (1534), Emperor Meiji (1852), Kanō Jigorō (1860), Yukio Mishima (1925), Matsuo Bashō (1644), and Haruki Murakami (1949).
1901 - 1989
HPI: 82.41
Rank: 1
1760 - 1849
HPI: 80.12
Rank: 2
1933 - Present
HPI: 79.44
Rank: 3
1910 - 1998
HPI: 79.32
Rank: 4
1941 - Present
HPI: 78.57
Rank: 5
1584 - 1645
HPI: 77.73
Rank: 6
1534 - 1582
HPI: 77.36
Rank: 7
1852 - 1912
HPI: 77.12
Rank: 8
1860 - 1938
HPI: 76.68
Rank: 9
1925 - 1970
HPI: 75.78
Rank: 10
1644 - 1694
HPI: 75.69
Rank: 11
1949 - Present
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 12
Among noblemen born in Japan, Akihito ranks 1. After him are Naruhito (1960), Fumihito, Prince Akishino (1965), Prince Yasuhiko Asaka (1887), Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu (1905), Kiko, Princess Akishino (1966), Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (1946), Sayako Kuroda (1969), Princess Mako of Akishino (1991), Aiko, Princess Toshi (2001), Princess Kako of Akishino (1994), and Prince Hisahito of Akishino (2006).
1933 - Present
HPI: 79.44
Rank: 1
1960 - Present
HPI: 74.28
Rank: 2
1965 - Present
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 3
1887 - 1981
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 4
1905 - 1987
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 5
1966 - Present
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 6
1946 - 2012
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 7
1969 - Present
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 8
1991 - Present
HPI: 43.72
Rank: 9
2001 - Present
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 10
1994 - Present
HPI: 40.81
Rank: 11
2006 - Present
HPI: 38.22
Rank: 12