NOBLEMAN

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 343,178 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Prince Tomohito of Mikasa is the 860th most popular nobleman (down from 737th in 2019), the 863rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 796th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Japanese Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Prince Tomohito of Mikasa ranks 860 out of 1,415. Before her are Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza, Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, Zinaida Yusupova, Matteo II Visconti, Guy, Margrave of Tuscany, and Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt. After her are John Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg, Rudolf VI, Margrave of Baden, Stephen I, Count of Burgundy, Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark, Louis Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, and Princess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Prince Tomohito of Mikasa ranks 278. Before her are Dick van Dijk, Pierino Prati, William Thurston, Ichiro Hosotani, Peggy Lipton, and Karim Findi. After her are Alexander Kaidanovsky, Renzo Zorzi, Cheng Pei-pei, Zhang Gaoli, Juan José Omella, and Rabah Saâdane. Among people deceased in 2012, Prince Tomohito of Mikasa ranks 157. Before her are Ivica Horvat, Eve Arnold, Han Suyin, William Thurston, Michel Duchaussoy, and Gevork Vartanian. After her are Assef Shawkat, I. K. Gujral, George McGovern, Anita Björk, Shulamith Firestone, and Vicar.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Prince Tomohito of Mikasa ranks 863 out of 6,245. Before her are Takeshi Kamo (1915), Ichiro Hosotani (1946), Akio Toyoda (1956), Ken Naganuma (1930), Asakura Yoshikage (1533), and Yutaka Taniyama (1927). After her are Juzo Itami (1933), Arima Harunobu (1567), Utagawa Toyokuni (1769), Keiichi Tsuchiya (1956), Koichi Tohei (1920), and Ashikaga Yoshikatsu (1434).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Japan

Among noblemen born in Japan, Prince Tomohito of Mikasa ranks 8. Before her are Naruhito (1960), Yodo-dono (1569), Prince Yasuhiko Asaka (1887), Fumihito, Prince Akishino (1965), Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu (1905), and Kiko, Princess Akishino (1966). After her are Sayako Kuroda (1969), Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu (1911), Princess Tomohito of Mikasa (1955), Princess Mako of Akishino (1991), Aiko, Princess Toshi (2001), and Princess Kako of Akishino (1994).

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