Prince akishino and princess kiko

Japanese princess (born )

Kiko, Crown Princess Akishino^[1] (皇嗣文仁親王妃紀子, Kōshi Fumihito Shinnō-hi Kiko) (born Kiko Kawashima (川嶋紀子, Kawashima Kiko); 11 September ), is the wife of Fumihito, Crown Prince of Japan.

Her husband is the younger brother and heir presumptive of Emperor Naruhito and the second son of Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko.

Kiko earned a PhD in humanities from Ochanomizu University. Her marriage to Fumihito in furthered the trend of Japanese imperial males marrying middle class commoners of academic prominence in earlier and current generations.

Prince akishino and princess kiko of japan

The couple has three children: Mako, Kako, and Hisahito. Preceding Fumihito and Kiko's investiture as Crown Prince and Princess, the ongoing Japanese imperial succession debate had resulted in some politicians holding a favorable view on rescinding agnatic primogeniture imposed by World War II allies on the constitution of Japan.

However, once Kiko a