Death of Emperor Showa

Akihito

Self (New Emperor)

Michiko

Self (New Empress)

Naruhito

Self (New Crown Prince)

Crown Prince Akishino

Self (Prince Aya)

Sayoka Kuroda

Self (Princess Nori)

Atsuko Ikeda

Self (Former Princess Yori)

Prince Hitatchi

Self

Princess Hitatchi

Self

Takako Shimazu

Self (Former Princess Suga)

Princess Takamatsu

Self

Prince Mikasa

Self

Princess Mikasa

Self

Yasuko Konoe

Self (Formerly Princess Yasuko of Mikasa)

Prince Tomohito of Mikasa

Self

Princess Tomohito of Mikasa

Self

Masako Sen

Self (Formerly Princess Masako of Mikasa)

Prince Takamado

Self

Princess Takamado

Self

Takamasa Ikeda

Self (Husband of Atsuko)

Hisanaga Shimazu

Self (Husband of Takako)

Tadateru Konoe

Self (Husband of Yasuko)

Masayuki Sen

Self (Husband of Masako)

Noboru Takeshita

Self (Prime Minister of Japan)

Emperor Hirohito of Japan

Self (Posthumously as the Taikō Tennō (departed Emperor))

Shōichi Fujimori

Director