Masahito
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Masahito is a male Japanese name
, normally used only for members of The Japanese Imperial Family. Although written romanized the same way, the kanji
can be different.
Masahito may refer to:
Japanese name
in modern times usually consist of a family name , followed by a given name. "Middle names" are not generally used.Japanese names are usually written in kanji, which are characters of usually Chinese origin in Japanese pronunciation...
, normally used only for members of The Japanese Imperial Family. Although written romanized the same way, the kanji
Kanji
Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana , katakana , Indo Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet...
can be different.
Masahito may refer to:
- current Prince HitachiPrince Hitachiis a member of the Imperial House of Japan and the younger brother of current Emperor Akihito. He is the second son and sixth born child of HIM Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun and is fourth in line to the Chrysanthemum throne...
(常陸宮) of Japan;, later Emperor Go-ShirakawaEmperor Go-ShirakawaEmperor Go-Shirakawa was the 77th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession...
(後白河天皇), eldest son of Emperor ŌgimachiEmperor OgimachiEmperor Ōgimachi was the 106th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He reigned from October 27, 1557 to December 17, 1586, corresponding to the transition between the Warring States Era and the Azuchi-Momoyama period...
(正親町天皇) - Masahito KohiyamaMasahito Kohiyamais a former professional baseball player from Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.Kohiyama was drafted in the first round of the 1992 amateur draft by the Yokohama BayStars. He was successful in his rookie year, pitching as the setup man for closer Kazuhiro Sasaki, but problems with control led the BayStars to...
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