Princess Yōko of Mikasa
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Princess Yōko at Emperor Naruhito's enthronement ceremony, 2019 | |
| Born | 25 October 1983 Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Hiroo, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan |
| House | Imperial House of Japan |
| Father | Prince Tomohito of Mikasa |
| Mother | Nobuko 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.