Empress Nagako

Nagako (6 March 1903 – 16 June 2000)^[1] was a member of the Imperial House of Japan, the wife of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) and the mother of Emperor Emeritus Akihito. Her posthumous name is Empress Kōjun (香淳皇后).^[1]

Kōjun (Nagako)
Nagako in 1941
Empress consort of Japan
Tenure	25 December 1926 – 7 January 1989
Enthronement	10 November 1928
Born	Princess Nagako (良子女王) (1903-03-06)6 March 1903 Tokyo City, Japan
Died	16 June 2000(2000-06-16) (aged 97) Fukiage Ōmiya Palace, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Burial	25 July 2000 Musashi Imperial Graveyard, Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan
Spouse	Hirohito, Emperor Shōwa ​ ​ (m. 1924; died 1989)​
Issue	Shigeko Higashikuni Sachiko, Princess Hisa Kazuko Takatsukasa Atsuko Ikeda Akihito, Emperor Emeritus of Japan Masahito, Prince Hitachi Takako Shimazu
House	Imperial House of Japan (by birth, remaining in marriage)
Father	Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi
Mother	Chikako Shimazu

Nagako was empress consort (皇后 kōgō) from 25 December 1926 to 7 January 1989, making her the longest-serving empress consort in Japanese history.^[2]