Princess Akiko of Mikasa

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Princess Akiko at Emperor Naruhito's enthronement ceremony, 2019
Born (1981-12-20) 20 December 1981 (age 42)
Tokyo, Japan
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherPrince Tomohito of Mikasa
MotherNobuko Asō

Princess Akiko of Mikasa (彬子女王, Akiko Joō, born 20 December 1981) is a member of the Imperial House of Japan and the elder daughter of Prince Tomohito of Mikasa and Princess Tomohito of Mikasa (Nobuko). She is also the niece of Japan's 92nd prime minister Tarō Asō (who is the older brother of her mother), great-niece of author and literary critic Ken'ichi Yoshida, and great-granddaughter of Japan's 45th prime minister Shigeru Yoshida.