Empress Masako

Masako
The Empress in 2023
Empress consort of Japan
Tenure	1 May 2019 – present
Born	Masako Owada (小和田雅子) (1963-12-09) 9 December 1963 (age 62) Toranomon Hospital, Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo
Spouse	Naruhito ​ (m. 1993)​
Issue	Aiko, Princess Toshi
House	Imperial House of Japan (by marriage)
Father	Hisashi Owada
Mother	Yumiko Egashira
Religion	Shinto

Japanese imperial family
The Emperor The Empress The Princess Toshi
The Emperor Emeritus The Empress Emerita The Crown Prince Akishino The Crown Princess Akishino Princess Kako of Akishino Prince Hisahito of Akishino
The Prince Hitachi The Princess Hitachi
Princess Tomohito of Mikasa Princess Akiko of Mikasa Princess Yōko of Mikasa The Princess Takamado Princess Tsuguko of Takamado
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Masako (雅子, Masako), born Masako Owada (小和田雅子, Owada Masako) on 9 December 1963, is the wife and empress consort of the current Emperor of Japan, Naruhito, the eldest son of the previous emperor Akihito, who took the throne after abdication of the latter on 30 April 2019.

Titles and styles

• 9 December 1963 – 9 June 1993: Miss Masako Owada
• 9 June 1993 – 30 April 2019: Her Imperial Highness The Crown Princess of Japan
• Her Imperial Highness The Crown Princess Masako
• 1 May 2019 – present : Her Imperial Majesty The Empress of Japan
• Honours
• Grand Mistress and Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown
• The Golden Medal of Merit Japanese Red Cross
• The Golden Medal of Honorary Member of the Japanese Red Cross
• Foreign Honours
• Austria: Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (1999)
• Brazil: Grand Cross of the Order of Rio Branco (13 March 2025)
• Hungary: Grand Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit (2000)
• Malaysia: Honorary Grand Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (2012)
• Netherlands: Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (Netherlands) (29 October 2014)

References

Other websites

• Who2 profile
• Australian author of Princess Masako biography receives death threats
• Hello! Magazine | Japan's Masako
• Imperial Household Denies Exerting Pressure Over Masako Book, 19 February 2007
• Website of Ben Hills, author of Prisoner of the Chrysanthemum Throne Archived 2014-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
• The Sunday Times | Land of the rising daughter Archived 2011-05-23 at the Wayback Machine 4 June 2006

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