Hirohito
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Early life
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A younger Emperor Showa and his wife Nagako Kumi, later Empress Kōjun
Born in the Aoyama Palace in Tokyo, Hirohito is the first son of Emperor Taishō and Empress Teimei. His childhood title was Template:Nihongo. He became heir apparent upon the death of his grandfather, Emperor Meiji, on July 30, 1912. His formal investiture as crown prince took place on November 2, 1916.
He married his distant cousin Princess Nagako Kuni (now the Empress Kōjun), the eldest daughter of Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi, on January 26, 1924. They have two sons and four daughters:
- Princess Teru no miya b. 9 December 1925
- Princess Sachiko, childhood appellation Hisa no miya (久宮祐子 hisa no miya sachiko), 10 September 1927–8 March 1928;
- Princess Taka no miya b. 30 September 1929
- Princess Yori no miya b. 7 March 1931;
- Crown Prince Tsugu no miya, b. 23 December 1933;
- Prince Yoshi no miya , b. 28 November 1935
