Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi

Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi
伏見宮博義王
Hereditary Prince Fushimi
Born(1897-12-08)8 December 1897
Tokyo, Japan
Died19 October 1938(1938-10-19) (aged 40)
Tokyo, Japan
SpouseTokiko Ichijō
IssueMitsuko Fushimi
Hiroaki Fushimi
Yoshiko Fushimi
Ayako Fushimi
FatherPrince Fushimi Hiroyasu
MotherTsuneko Tokugawa
Military career
Allegiance Empire of Japan
Service/branch Imperial Japanese Navy
Years of service1917–1938
Rank Captain (posthumous)
Commands6th Destroyer Group
3rd Destroyer Group
Amagiri
Kamikaze
Yomogi
Kaba
Battles/wars
AwardsGrand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers

Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi (伏見宮博義王, Fushimi-no-miya Hiroyoshi-ō, 8 December 1897 – 19 October 1938) was the eldest son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, and heir-apparent due to inherit the position of 24th head of the Fushimi-no-miya shinnōke (collateral branch of the Imperial Family of Japan), and a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy.