Regents of Japan

, 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.

semi-legendary Japanese prince (574–622)

legendary empress of Japan (170–269) said to have invaded Korea

The was a senior government post held by members of the Hōjō clan, officially a regent of the shogunate. From 1199 to 1333, during the Kamakura period, the shikken served as the head of the bakufu (shogun's government). This era was referred to as .

1st Shikken of the Kamakura shogunate (1138-1215)

Japanese Regent

2nd Shikken of the Kamakura shogunate

3rd Shikken of the Kamakura shogunate

Tokusō and ruling Shikken (regent) of Japan's Kamakura shogunate (1304–1333)

Japanese shikken of the Kamakura shogunate

9th Shikken of the Kamakura shogunate

15th Shikken of the Kamakura shogunate

son of emperor Takakura; father of Go-Horikawa

Japanese empress regent (440-484)