Kiko, Princess Akishino

Kiko 文仁親王妃紀子
Princess Akishino
Princess Akishino during her visit to Mexico City, October 2014
Born	(1966-09-11) 11 September 1966 (age 50) Shizuoka, Japan
Spouse	Fumihito, Prince Akishino (m. 1990)
Issue	Princess Mako of Akishino Princess Kako of Akishino Prince Hisahito of Akishino
Full name Kiko (紀子?)
House	Imperial House of Japan
Father	Tatsuhiko Kawashima
Mother	Kazuyo Sugimoto
Religion	Shinto

Japanese Imperial Family
HM The Emperor HM The Empress HIH The Crown Prince HIH The Crown Princess HIH The Princess Toshi HIH The Prince Akishino HIH The Princess Akishino HIH Princess Mako of Akishino HIH Princess Kako of Akishino HIH Prince Hisahito of Akishino HIH The Prince Hitachi HIH The Princess Hitachi HIH The Princess Mikasa HIH Princess Tomohito of Mikasa HIH Princess Akiko of Mikasa HIH Princess Yōko of Mikasa HIH The Princess Takamado HIH Princess Tsuguko of Takamado HIH Princess Ayako of Takamado

Styles of Princess Akishino
Reference style	Her Imperial Highness
Spoken style	Your Imperial Highness
Alternative style	Ma'am

HIH The Princess Mikasa

Kiko, Princess Akishino (文仁親王妃紀子, Fumihito Shinnōhi Kiko^?), born 11 September 1966 as Kiko Kawashima (川嶋紀子, Kawashima Kiko^?), is the wife of Fumihito, Prince Akishino, the second son of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko of Japan. She is also known as Princess Kiko.

Kiko was born in Shizuoka, Japan. She is the eldest daughter of Kazuyo and Tatsuhiko Kawashima. The family moved to Philadelphia in 1967 while her father attended the University of Pennsylvania. He earned a doctorate at University of Pennsylvania in 1971 in regional science and later taught there.

Kiko attended elementary and high school in Vienna, Austria, when her father became the chief researcher at The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg, Austria, where he studied spatial science and NGO activities. The future princess became fluent in English and German. In 1972, they moved back to Japan, and her father taught economics at Gakushuin University in Tokyo. She lived with her parents and brother in a tiny on-campus apartment in Tokyo. She graduated from the Department of Psychology in the Faculty of Letters of Gakushuin University with a Bachelor of Letters degree in Psychology in 1989 and received a Master of Humanities degree in Social Psychology from the Graduate School of Gakushuin University in 1995. She received the PhD degree in Humanities from Ochanomizu University.