# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/akihito
# Generated: 2026-09-06T18:14:45.537Z

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description: "He held the Chrysanthemum Throne for thirty years, then did what no Japanese emperor had done in two centuries: he stepped down. Akihito's abdication in 2019 closed the Heisei era and opened a question older monarchies rarely face — when does duty end?"
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birthDate: "1933-12-23"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born in 1933 as Emperor Hirohito's first son, Akihito spent the war years evacuated to Nikkō, returning to a Japan remade by surrender. His 1959 marriage to Michiko Shōda, a commoner, broke centuries of precedent and drew 15 million television viewers. He ascended in January 1989 after his father's death and spent three decades trying to narrow the distance between throne and populace, visiting all forty-seven prefectures and Japan's remotest islands. On 30 April 2019, citing age and health, he abdicated — the first living emperor to leave the throne since 1817 — and took the title Emperor Emeritus. His son Naruhito's Reiwa era began the next day. At 92, Akihito is the longest-lived emperor in verifiable Japanese history.