Japan: Emperors: 1392-2024Each ruler is recorded under the following protocol: posthumous name || personal name; the other entries follow the definitions in the Notes. |
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| Tennō | |
| 19 Nov 1392 - 5 Oct 1412 | Go-Komatsu-tennō || Motohito [1] |
| 5 Oct 1412 - 30 Aug 1428 | Shōkō-tennō || Mihito (alternative reading: Sanehito) [2] |
| 7 Sep 1428 - 21 Aug 1464 | Go-Hanazono-tennō || Hikohito |
| posthumous by-name: Go-Montoku-in | |
| 21 Aug 1464 - 21 Oct 1500 | Go-Tsuchimikado-tennō || Fusahito (alternative reading: Narihito) |
| 16 Nov 1500 - 18 May 1526 | Go-Kashiwabara-tennō || Katsuhito |
| 9 Jun 1526 - 27 Sep 1557 | Go-Nara-tennō || Tomohito |
| 17 Nov 1557 - 17 Dec 1586 | Ōgimachi-tennō || Michihito (alternative readings: Katahito, Shigehito) |
| 17 Dec 1586 - 9 May 1611 | Go-Yōzei-tennō || Katahito (alternative reading: Chikahito) |
| alias: Kazuhito (alternative readings: Masahito, Chikahito) | |
| 9 May 1611 - 22 Dec 1629 | Go-Mizuno-o-tennō || Kotohito (alternative readings: Tadahito, Masahito) |
| 22 Dec 1629 - 14 Nov 1643 | Meishō-tennō (alternative readings: Myōshō-tennō, Myōjō-tennō) || Okiko |
| palace name: Kazu-no-miya | |
| 14 Nov 1643 - 30 Oct 1654 | Go-Kōmyō-tennō || Tsuguhito |
| palace name: Suga-no-miya | |
| 5 Jan 1655 - 5 Mar 1663 | Go-Sai-in-tennō || Nagahito (alternative reading: Yoshihito) |
| palace name: Hide-no-miya | |
| 5 Mar 1663 - 2 May 1687 | Reigen-tennō || Satohito |
| palace name: Ate-no-miya | |
| 2 May 1687 - 27 Jul 1709 | Higashiyama-tennō || Asahito (alternative reading: Tomohito) |
| palace name: Go-no-miya | |
| 27 Jul 1709 - 13 Apr 1735 | Nakamikado-tennō || Yasuhito (alternative reading: Yoshihito) |
| palace name: Masu-no-miya | |
| 13 Apr 1735 - 9 Jun 1747 | Sakuramachi-tennō || Teruhito (alternative reading: Akihito) |
| palace name: Waka-no-miya | |
| 9 Jun 1747 - 31 Aug 1762 | Momozono-tennō || Tōhito |
| palace name: Yaho-no-miya (changed to: Sachi-no-miya) | |
| 15 Sep 1762 - 9 Jan 1771 | Go-Sakuramachi-tennō || Toshiko (alternative reading: Satoko) |
| palace name: Isa-no-miya (changed to: Aya-no-miya) | |
| 9 Jan 1771 - 6 Dec 1779 | Go-Momozono-tennō || Hidehito |
| 1 Jan 1780 - 7 May 1817 | Kōkaku-tennō || Tomohito (alternative reading: Kanehito) [3] |
| palace name: Sachi-no-miya (changed to: Kan'in-no-miya) | |
| 7 May 1817 - 21 Feb 1846 | Ninkō-tennō || Ayahito |
| alias: Munehito | |
| palace name: Yuta-no-miya | |
| 10 Mar 1846 - 30 Jan 1867 | Kōmei-tennō || Osahito (alternative reading: Norihito) |
| palace name: Hiro-no-miya | |
| 13 Feb 1867 - 30 Jul 1912 | Meiji-tennō || Mutsuhito |
| palace name: Sachi-no-miya (alternative reading: Suke-no-miya) | |
| 30 Jul 1912 - 25 Dec 1926 | Taishō-tennō || Yoshihito |
| palace name: Haru-no-miya | |
| 25 Dec 1926 - 7 Jan 1989 | Shōwa-tennō || Hirohito |
| palace name: Michi-no-miya | |
| 7 Jan 1989 - 30 Apr 2019 | none || Akihito |
| palace name: Tsugu-no-miya | |
| 30 Apr 2019 - | none || Naruhito |
| palace name: Hiro-no-miya | |
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| [1] | Tennō of the Northern Court from 24 May 1382. |
| [2] | "Mihito" is the same reading for two personal names of this ruler, different from each other in original writing. |
| [3] | Original name: Morohito. |
Last update: 25 Dec 2023