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Emperor of Japan

Head of state of Japan

  • Also called Tennō, Mikado
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Who held it, in order

A sequence of office-holders, not a family genealogy.

  • 90 holders
  • 2 overlaps
  • 16 gaps
  • 71 steps named in the records
  1. 1st 11 February 660 BCE – 3 April 585 BCE Jimmu legendary first emperor of Japan

  2. Gap about 5 years with no holder recorded

    2nd 580 BCE – 548 BCE Emperor Suizei emperor of Japan
  3. 3rd 548 BCE – 510 BCE Emperor Annei emperor of Japan
  4. 509 BCE – 475 BCE Emperor Itoku emperor of Japan

  5. Gap about 186 years with no holder recorded

    289 BCE – 214 BCE Kōrei Emperor of Japan
  6. 213 BCE – 157 BCE Emperor Kōgen emperor of Japan
  7. 156 BCE – 98 BCE Emperor Kaika emperor of Japan

  8. Gap about 2 years with no holder recorded

    96 BCE – 29 BCE Sujin Emperor of Japan
  9. 28 BCE – 70 CE Suinin Emperor of Japan
  10. 71 CE – 130 CE Keikō Emperor of Japan
  11. 131 CE – 191 CE Emperor Seimu Emperor of Japan
  12. 192 CE – 200 CE Chūai Emperor of Japan

  13. Gap about 113 years with no holder recorded

    313 CE – 399 CE Nintoku Emperor of Japan

  14. Gap about 13 years with no holder recorded

    412 CE – 453 CE Ingyō 19th Emperor of Japan
  15. 454 CE – 456 CE Emperor Ankō Emperor of Japan
  16. 457 CE – 479 CE Yūryaku Japanese emperor
  17. 480 CE – 484 CE Seinei Emperor of Japan

  18. Gap about 23 years with no holder recorded

    507 CE – 531 CE Keitai Emperor of Japan
  19. 531 CE – 535 CE Ankan Emperor of Japan
  20. 536 CE – 539 CE Senka Emperor of Japan
  21. 7 December 539 CE – 17 April 571 CE Kinmei 29th Emperor of Japan
  22. 2 May 572 CE – 16 September 585 CE Bidatsu Emperor of Japan
  23. 7 September 585 CE – 11 April 587 CE Yōmei Japanese emperor
  24. 11 September 587 CE – 14 December 592 CE Sushun Emperor of Japan
  25. 17 January 593 CE – 18 April 628 CE Suiko Empress of Japan from 592 to 628
  26. 5 February 629 CE – 20 November 641 CE Jomei Japanese emperor

  27. Gap about 20 years with no holder recorded

    661 CE – 672 CE Tenji Emperor of Japan (626-672)
  28. 672 CE – 4 October 686 CE Tenmu Emperor of Japan
  29. 672 CE – 27 August 672 CE Kōbun Emperor of Japan

  30. Gap about 14 years with no holder recorded

    686 CE – 697 CE Jitō Empress of Japan (645-703)
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  1. 697 CE – 707 CE Monmu Emperor of Japan

  2. Gap about 17 years with no holder recorded

    724 CE – 749 CE Shōmu Emperor of Japan

  3. Gap about 9 years with no holder recorded

    758 CE – 764 CE Junnin Emperor of Japan

  4. Gap about 6 years with no holder recorded

    770 CE – 781 CE Kōnin 49th emperor of Japan
  5. 781 CE – 806 CE Emperor Kanmu Emperor of Japan
  6. 806 CE – 809 CE Emperor Heizei Emperor of Japan
  7. 18 May 809 CE – 29 May 823 CE Emperor Saga Emperor of Japan
  8. 29 May 823 CE – 22 March 833 CE Emperor Junna Emperor of Japan
  9. 22 March 833 CE – 4 May 850 CE Ninmyō Emperor of Japan
  10. 4 May 850 CE – 7 October 858 CE Montoku Emperor of Japan

  11. Gap about 26 years with no holder recorded

    5 March 884 CE – 17 September 887 CE Kōkō Emperor of Japan
  12. 17 September 887 CE – 4 August 897 CE Uda Japanese emperor
  13. 4 August 897 CE – 16 October 930 CE Daigo 60th emperor of Japan
  14. 16 October 930 CE – 23 May 946 CE Suzaku Emperor of Japan
  15. 23 May 946 CE – 5 July 967 CE Murakami Emperor of Japan
  16. 5 July 967 CE – 27 September 969 CE Emperor Reizei Emperor of Japan
  17. 27 September 969 CE – 24 September 984 CE En'yū Emperor of Japan

  18. Gap about 61 years with no holder recorded

    5 February 1045 CE – 22 May 1068 CE Go-Reizei 70th emperor of Japan
  19. 22 May 1068 CE – 18 January 1073 CE Go-Sanjō Emperor of Japan
  20. 18 January 1073 CE – 3 January 1087 CE Emperor Shirakawa Emperor of Japan
  21. 3 January 1087 CE – 9 August 1107 CE Emperor Horikawa Emperor of Japan
  22. 9 August 1107 CE – 25 February 1123 CE Emperor Toba Emperor of Japan
  23. 25 February 1123 CE – 5 January 1142 CE Emperor Sutoku Emperor of Japan
  24. 5 January 1142 CE – 22 August 1155 CE Emperor Konoe Emperor of Japan (1139–1155)
  25. 23 August 1155 CE – 5 September 1158 CE Emperor Go-Shirakawa 77th emperor of Japan (1155–58)
  26. 5 September 1158 CE – 3 August 1165 CE Nijō Emperor of Japan
  27. 3 August 1165 CE – 9 April 1168 CE Rokujō 79th Emperor of Japan
  28. 9 April 1168 CE – 18 March 1180 CE Takakura Emperor of Japan
  29. 18 March 1180 CE – 25 April 1185 CE Antoku Emperor of Japan

  30. Overlap held at the same time as Antoku

    8 September 1183 CE – 18 February 1198 CE Go-Toba Emperor of Japan
  31. 18 February 1198 CE – 12 December 1210 CE Tsuchimikado Emperor of Japan
  32. 12 December 1210 CE – 13 May 1221 CE Juntoku Emperor of Japan
  33. 13 May 1221 CE – 29 July 1221 CE Emperor Chūkyō Emperor of Japan

  34. Gap about 21 years with no holder recorded

    21 February 1242 CE – 16 February 1246 CE Emperor Go-Saga Emperor of Japan
  35. 16 February 1246 CE – 9 January 1260 CE Emperor Go-Fukakusa Emperor of Japan
  36. 9 January 1260 CE – 6 March 1274 CE Emperor Kameyama Emperor of Japan
  37. 6 March 1274 CE – 27 November 1287 CE Go-Uda Emperor of Japan
  38. 27 November 1287 CE – 30 August 1298 CE Fushimi 92nd emperor of Japan (r. 1287-98)
  39. 30 August 1298 CE – 2 March 1301 CE Go-Fushimi Emperor of Japan, reigned 1298–1301
  40. 3 March 1301 CE – 10 September 1308 CE Go-Nijō 94th emperor of Japan
  41. 28 December 1308 CE – 29 March 1318 CE Emperor Hanazono 95th emperor of Japan (r. 1308–1318)
  42. 29 March 1318 CE – 18 September 1339 CE Go-Daigo 96th emperor of Japan (r. 1318–1339)
  43. 18 September 1339 CE – 29 March 1368 CE Go-Murakami emperor of Japan
  44. 29 March 1368 CE – 1383 CE Chōkei emperor of Japan

  45. Overlap held at the same time as Chōkei

    9 April 1371 CE – 24 May 1382 CE Go-En'yū Emperor of Japan
  46. 1383 CE – 21 October 1392 CE Go-Kameyama emperor of Japan
  47. 21 October 1392 CE – 5 October 1412 CE Go-Komatsu emperor of Japan
  48. 5 October 1412 CE – 30 August 1428 CE Shōkō emperor of Japan

  49. Gap about 158 years with no holder recorded

    17 December 1586 CE – 9 May 1611 CE Go-Yōzei emperor of Japan from 1586 to 1611
  50. 9 May 1611 CE – 22 December 1629 CE Emperor Go-Mizunoo emperor of Japan from 1611 to 1629
  51. 22 December 1629 CE – 14 November 1643 CE Empress Meishō empress of Japan (1624-1696)
  52. 14 November 1643 CE – 30 October 1654 CE Go-Kōmyō emperor of Japan (1633–1654)
  53. 5 January 1655 CE – 5 March 1663 CE Go-Sai emperor of Japan
  54. 5 May 1663 CE – 2 May 1687 CE Emperor Reigen emperor of Japan
  55. 6 May 1687 CE – 27 July 1709 CE Higashiyama emperor of Japan (1675-1710)

  56. Gap about 137 years with no holder recorded

    121st 10 March 1846 CE – 30 January 1867 CE Emperor Kōmei Emperor of Japan from 1846 to 1867
  57. 122nd 3 February 1867 CE – 30 July 1912 CE Emperor Meiji Emperor of Japan from 1867 until 1912
  58. 123rd 30 July 1912 CE – 25 December 1926 CE Emperor Taishō Emperor of Japan from 1912 until 1926
  59. 124th 25 December 1926 CE – 7 January 1989 CE Hirohito emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989
  60. 125th 7 January 1989 CE – 30 April 2019 CE Akihito Emperor of Japan from 1989 to 2019

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