Japanese Shintoists

Naruhito (born 23 February 1960) is Emperor of Japan since 1 May 2019. He is the 126th monarch, according to the traditional order of succession.

, known colloquially by his personal name was the 124th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 1926 until his death in 1989. He remains the longest-reigning emperor in Japanese history and one of the longest-reigning monarchs in the world. As emperor during the Shōwa era, Hirohito presided over the rise of Japanese militarism, the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Asia-Pacific theater of World War II, and the nation's postwar economic miracle.

Akihito (born 23 December 1933) is a member of the Imperial House of Japan who reigned as the 125th emperor of Japan from 7 January 1989 until his abdication on 30 April 2019. The era of his rule was named the Heisei era, Heisei being an expression of achieving peace worldwide.

Japanese author (1925–1970)

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

Emperor of Japan from 1912 until 1926

Japanese politician (1918–2019)

Japanese aikidoka (1883-1969)

80th Prime Minister of Japan (1935-2017)

wife of Emperor Akihito of Japan

empress consort of Japan

Japanese politician (1835-1924)

younger brother and heir presumptive of Emperor Naruhito of Japan

Japanese prince

only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako of Japan

Japanese princess; wife of Fumihito, Crown Prince Akishino

Japanese manga artist

Japanese organizing consultant, author and television show host (1984-)

Japanese Shinto priestess, former ornithologist, and former imperial princess

Japanese politician (1867-1952)

Japanese politician and author, Governor of Tokyo (1932–2022)

Japanese princess; second daughter of Fumihito, Crown Prince of Japan, and Kiko, Crown Princess of Japan

Japanese composer and music producer

Japanese scholar and philosopher (1730–1801)

Japanese empress consort (1884–1951)

Japanese noble (614-669)

daimyo of the late Edo period; 9th lord of Aizu (1836-1893)

Japanese prince and general (1865–1945)

Japanese composer (1914-2006)

Japanese former princess; youngest daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun

conventionally ranked as one of the four great men of kokugaku studies, and one of the most significant theologians of the Shintō religion

Japanese painter (1476-1559)

Japanese former princess; fourth daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun

Japanese philosopher

Japanese co-founder of the Oomoto religion (1871–1948)

Japanese former princess; daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun (1929–1989)

founder of Tenrikyo (1798–1887)

Japanese princess (1891-1931)

Japanese princess; daughter of Emperor Meiji and Sono Sachiko (1888–1940)

daughter of Emperor Meiji of Japan (1896–1978)

Japanese prince (1874–1951)

samurai (1826-1863)

daughter of Emperor Meiji; spouse of Prince Kitashirakawa Naruhisa (1890-1974)

Japanese politician

Japanese prince (1901-1959)

Japanese noble (1830-1910)

Japanese princess. daugher of emperor Temmu

Japanese literary critic (1932–1999)

Japanese general

Japanese samurai (1830-1903)

Japanese prince (1812–1886)

Japanese philosopher

Japanese businessman and Shinto priest

19th-century Japanese spiritualist and writer

Japanese scholar

daimyo (1809–1873)

daimyo

Japanese shinotist

Japanese politician (1845-1918)

Japanese nobleman of the Meiji era (1870-1941)