Princess Mako of Akishino

Mako
眞子内親王

Princess Mako during the New Year Greeting in 2015

Born

23 October 1991 (age 25)
Hospital of the Imperial Household, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan

Full name
Mako (眞子^?)

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Mother

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Full name
Mako (眞子^?)

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

Princess Mako of Akishino (眞子内親王, Mako Naishinnō^?, born 23 October 1991) is the first child and oldest daughter of Fumihito, Prince Akishino and Kiko, Princess Akishino, and a member of the Japanese Imperial Family. She is the eldest grandchild of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko.

Princess Mako was educated at the prestigious Gakushūin School in her Primary, Girls' Junior and Senior High School years. She studied English at the University College Dublin for one month in 2010. She had an informal talk with President of Ireland Mary McAleese as a trainee and visited Northern Ireland.

Princess Mako graduated from the International Christian University in Mitaka, Tokyo on 26 March 2014 with a Bachelor's degree in Art and Cultural Heritage. She obtained a Japanese national certification in curation as well as a driver's licence while she was an undergraduate student. On 17 September 2014, she left for the United Kingdom where she studied museology at the University of Leicester for a year, receiving a Master's degree in Museum Studies in January 2016. She also studied art history at the University of Edinburgh for nine months, from September 2012 to May 2013.