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Prince Tomohito of Mikasa

1946 - 2012

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Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (寛仁親王, Tomohito Shinnō, 5 January 1946 – 6 June 2012) was a member of the Imperial House of Japan and the eldest son of Takahito, Prince Mikasa and Yuriko, Princess Mikasa. He was a first cousin of Emperor Akihito, and was formerly sixth in the line of succession to the Japanese throne and the heir apparent to the princely house of Mikasa-no-miya and the title "Prince Mikasa". Prince Tomohito was the first member of the Imperial House of Japan with a full beard since Emperor Meiji, thus earning him the popular nickname of the "Bearded Prince" (ヒゲの殿下 Hige no Denka). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Prince Tomohito of Mikasa has received more than 315,433 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Prince Tomohito of Mikasa is the 739th most popular nobleman (up from 749th in 2019), the 799th most popular biography from Japan (up from 939th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Japanese Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Prince Tomohito of Mikasa ranks 739 out of 842Before her are Lady Katherine Grey, Leka, Crown Prince of Albania, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, Bernard I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Charlotte von Stein, and Anna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria. After her are Sophie, Princess of Albania, Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Provence, Ebalus, Duke of Aquitaine, Prince Alfons of Bavaria, Eustace III, Count of Boulogne, and Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Provence.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Prince Tomohito of Mikasa ranks 233Before her are Grigory Margulis, George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, Slim Borgudd, Salif Keïta, Clemente Domínguez y Gómez, and Ewa Kłobukowska. After her are Jan Akkerman, Bruce Buck, Marián Čalfa, Raël, Renzo Zorzi, and Henryk Kasperczak. Among people deceased in 2012, Prince Tomohito of Mikasa ranks 146Before her are Russell Means, Marie Colvin, Eiko Ishioka, Shulamith Firestone, Iajuddin Ahmed, and Albert O. Hirschman. After her are J. Christopher Stevens, Lars Hörmander, Ignatius Moses I Daoud, Jean Laplanche, Pavel Grachev, and Ivica Horvat.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Prince Tomohito of Mikasa ranks 799 out of 6,048Before her are Michio Ashikaga (1950), Chica Umino (null), Hitoshi Imamura (1886), Keiko Abe (1937), Mitsuo Tsukahara (1947), and Michihiro Ozawa (1932). After her are Yukio Shimomura (1932), Kyuichi Tokuda (1894), Goro Shimura (1930), Shigemaru Takenokoshi (1906), Prince Munetaka (1242), and Hiroshi Amano (1960).

Among NOBLEMEN In Japan

Among noblemen born in Japan, Prince Tomohito of Mikasa ranks 7Before her are Akihito (1933), Naruhito (1960), Fumihito, Prince Akishino (1965), Prince Yasuhiko Asaka (1887), Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu (1905), and Kiko, Princess Akishino (1966). After her are Sayako Kuroda (1969), Princess Mako of Akishino (1991), Aiko, Princess Toshi (2001), Princess Kako of Akishino (1994), Prince Hisahito of Akishino (2006), and Princess Tsuguko of Takamado (1986).