Princess Yōko of Mikasa

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Princess Yōko at Emperor Naruhito's enthronement ceremony, 2019
Born (1983-10-25) 25 October 1983
Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Hiroo, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherPrince Tomohito of Mikasa
MotherNobuko Asō

Princess Yōko of Mikasa (瑶子女王, Yōko Joō; born 25 October 1983) is a member of the Imperial House of Japan, paternal second cousin of Emperor Naruhito and the second daughter of Prince Tomohito of Mikasa and Princess Tomohito of Mikasa (Nobuko). She is also the niece of Japan's 92nd prime minister Tarō Asō (who is the older brother of her mother), great-niece of author and literary critic Ken'ichi Yoshida, and great-granddaughter of Japan's 45th prime minister Shigeru Yoshida.