1933 - Today
Akihito (明仁, Japanese: [akiꜜçi̥to]; English: (listen) or ; born 23 December 1933) is a member of the Imperial House of Japan who reigned as the 125th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession, from 7 January 1989 until 30 April 2019, Heisei era. He succeeded to the Chrysanthemum Throne upon the death of his father, Emperor Showa (Hirohito). Upon his abdication due to his age and declining health, he became Emperor Emeritus. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Akihito has received more than 6,287,437 page views. His biography is available in 104 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 100 in 2019). Akihito is the 12th most popular nobleman (down from 6th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2nd 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 12 out of 843. Before him are Catherine the Great, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Margrethe II of Denmark, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, and Lucrezia Borgia. After him are Rollo, Charles, Prince of Wales, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, Juan Carlos I of Spain, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, and Harold Harefoot.
1762 - 1796
HPI: 86.23
Rank: 6
1921 - Present
HPI: 85.96
Rank: 7
1900 - 2002
HPI: 84.75
Rank: 8
1940 - Present
HPI: 84.06
Rank: 9
1863 - 1914
HPI: 83.71
Rank: 10
1480 - 1519
HPI: 83.61
Rank: 11
1933 - Present
HPI: 83.49
Rank: 12
846 - 930
HPI: 83.34
Rank: 13
1948 - Present
HPI: 83.31
Rank: 14
1930 - 2002
HPI: 82.98
Rank: 15
1938 - Present
HPI: 82.79
Rank: 16
1901 - 1918
HPI: 82.16
Rank: 17
1016 - 1040
HPI: 82.03
Rank: 18
Among people born in 1933, Akihito ranks 2. Before him is Roman Polanski. After him are Garrincha, Karl Lagerfeld, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Yoko Ono, Michael Caine, Montserrat Caballé, James Brown, Dalida, Nina Simone, and Claudio Abbado.
1933 - Present
HPI: 83.85
Rank: 1
1933 - Present
HPI: 83.49
Rank: 2
1933 - 1983
HPI: 82.90
Rank: 3
1933 - 2019
HPI: 82.64
Rank: 4
1933 - Present
HPI: 81.30
Rank: 5
1933 - Present
HPI: 81.01
Rank: 6
1933 - Present
HPI: 80.86
Rank: 7
1933 - 2018
HPI: 80.52
Rank: 8
1933 - 2006
HPI: 79.61
Rank: 9
1933 - 1987
HPI: 79.25
Rank: 10
1933 - 2003
HPI: 77.34
Rank: 11
1933 - 2014
HPI: 77.34
Rank: 12
Among people born in Japan, Akihito ranks 6 out of 5,560. Before him are Hirohito (1901), Hokusai (1760), Hayao Miyazaki (1941), Akira Kurosawa (1910), and Matsuo Bashō (1644). After him are Emperor Meiji (1852), Miyamoto Musashi (1584), Oda Nobunaga (1534), Yoko Ono (1933), Haruki Murakami (1949), and Isoroku Yamamoto (1884).
1901 - 1989
HPI: 85.39
Rank: 1
1760 - 1849
HPI: 84.97
Rank: 2
1941 - Present
HPI: 84.84
Rank: 3
1910 - 1998
HPI: 84.43
Rank: 4
1644 - 1694
HPI: 84.29
Rank: 5
1933 - Present
HPI: 83.49
Rank: 6
1852 - 1912
HPI: 82.77
Rank: 7
1584 - 1645
HPI: 82.39
Rank: 8
1534 - 1582
HPI: 81.88
Rank: 9
1933 - Present
HPI: 81.01
Rank: 10
1949 - Present
HPI: 80.69
Rank: 11
1884 - 1943
HPI: 80.66
Rank: 12
Among noblemen born in Japan, Akihito ranks 1. After him are Naruhito (1960), Prince Yasuhiko Asaka (1887), Fumihito, Prince Akishino (1965), Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu (1905), Kiko, Princess Akishino (1966), Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (1946), Sayako Kuroda (1969), Aiko, Princess Toshi (2001), Princess Mako of Akishino (1991), Princess Kako of Akishino (1994), and Prince Hisahito of Akishino (2006).
1933 - Present
HPI: 83.49
Rank: 1
1960 - Present
HPI: 78.86
Rank: 2
1887 - 1981
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 3
1965 - Present
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 4
1905 - 1987
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 5
1966 - Present
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 6
1946 - 2012
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 7
1969 - Present
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 8
2001 - Present
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 9
1991 - Present
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 10
1994 - Present
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 11
2006 - Present
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 12