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Akihito

1933 - Today

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Akihito (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 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 11,101,853 page views. His biography is available in 113 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 111 in 2019). Akihito is the 11th most popular nobleman (down from 9th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Japan (down from 3rd 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 81.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 113

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Akihito ranks 11 out of 1,415. Before him are Henry VIII of England, Ragnar Lodbrok, Margrethe II of Denmark, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. After him are Lucrezia Borgia, William the Conqueror, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, Charles, Prince of Wales, and Harold Harefoot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Akihito ranks 1. After him are Jean-Paul Belmondo, Garrincha, Roman Polanski, Dalida, Karl Lagerfeld, Montserrat Caballé, Yoko Ono, Lina Medina, Michael Caine, Tinto Brass, and Claudio Abbado.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Akihito ranks 4 out of 6,245. Before him are Hirohito (1901), Hayao Miyazaki (1941), and Hokusai (1760). After him are Miyamoto Musashi (1584), Akira Kurosawa (1910), Emperor Meiji (1852), Oda Nobunaga (1534), Matsuo Bashō (1644), Haruki Murakami (1949), Yukio Mishima (1925), and Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Japan

Among noblemen born in Japan, Akihito ranks 1. After him are Naruhito (1960), Yodo-dono (1569), Prince Yasuhiko Asaka (1887), Fumihito, Prince Akishino (1965), Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu (1905), Kiko, Princess Akishino (1966), Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (1946), Sayako Kuroda (1969), Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu (1911), Princess Tomohito of Mikasa (1955), and Princess Mako of Akishino (1991).

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