How old is akihito

He sits on the Chrysanthemum Throne. The mysterious treasures that bestow emperor status. He is not a god. Image source, AFP. Divine or not, the emperor is still the chief priest of Shinto, Japan's indigenous religion. He played tennis with Bush. His health is failing. This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.

Akihito came to the throne 27 years ago on the death of his father, Hirohito. Akihito: The beloved emperor with the human touch Japan reveals new era for a new emperor. He was once photographed by a schoolgirl. His post-tsunami role was hugely important.

Image source, Reuters. Crouching down with tsunami victims was seen as hugely symbolic of the changing role of the imperial family.

He has moved Japan on. The emperor has been photographed harvesting rice in the grounds of the Imperial Palace. Related Topics. Japan Emperor Akihito. Published 8 August Published 15 August Published 30 March Published 30 October In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever.

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Your subscription plan doesn't allow commenting. To learn more see our FAQ. It looks like you're using an ad blocker. Thank you for supporting our journalism. Unlike most people, he is mostly familiar with the affairs of Spirit World Warriors and Youmu. Because of this and his unique trait, he becomes a subject of curious scrutiny. His youmu side is called Kyoukai no Kanata the Beyond the Boundary which takes over his body when he is seriously injured [1].

Akihito is a young man with average height with short blonde hair that is swept to the left and brown eyes that tilt downward or tareme eyes. Akihito is a very playful, friendly and somewhat sarcastic yet sincere person who likes glasses very much, referring girls who wear them as "bespectacled beauties". This even reaches the point of proclaiming himself as a "meganest", which means an extreme fetishist for glasses. Akihito was born as a half-Youmu from a human mother and immortal Youmu father.

Since Akihito can manipulate fire and able regenerate from nearly any injury, it is possible that his father is a very strong Youmu. During his childhood, he was involved in a car accident, but he survived unscathed. As a result, people fear him and isolate him. Nothing else much is known about his past but it is known that during his first meeting with Hiroomi Nase and Mitsuki Nase , Akihito was seriously injured by Miroku Fujima and his Youmu side awakened and almost killed Hiroomi. Due to this, the Nase family arranged a deal in order to avoid further incidents related to Akihito's Youmu side.

In spite of his bloodline, Akihito manages to live through school life like most students, although he often spends his time alone. His usual companions include Mitsuki Nase , the president of the Literary Club and Hiroomi Nase , an acquaintance of his who acts as a "watchman" of sorts. One spring day, Akihito meets a girl in glasses after seeing her in the edge of the rooftop, as if attempting to jump off the school building.

This girl named Mirai Kuriyama would stab Akihito in their first meeting, only to be surprised to see that he survived the sudden attack [2]. Akihito would spend the next week being impaled by Mirai's weapon, a sword made out of her own blood, in several attacks made by Mirai inside school premises.

Mirai soon confesses that her tendency to attack Akihito stems from her lack of self-confidence in fighting youmu. To answer this problem, Akihito decides to help out Mirai in gaining the confidence to fight youmu by herself and to earn some money from her duties as a Spirit World Warrior. His efforts eventually paid off, as Mirai successfully defeats the Hollow Shadow, noted as one of the most powerful youmu, although at the cost of Akihito almost losing control of his youmu side.

Weeks later, Mirai is already a usual sight in the Literary Club, bringing along her bonsai obsession to the clubroom. True enough, the Calm creeps over the neighbourhood days later, causing Akihito to feel lethargic due to his youmu side being affected by the Calm. As a result, Akihito's youmu half reemerges as he was resting on the Shindou Residence following the attack.

Akihito's sudden aggression almost endangered Ai Shindou's life, but Ai was saved by Ayaka despite being in a weakened state herself.

The presence of Akihito in his youmu form is determined by Izumi as a threat that must be eliminated at once. She entrusts the role of killing Akihito to Mirai, who is later revealed to be working for Izumi since her arrival at Nagatsuki City. Akihito falls into a three month long coma and when he awakens it is revealed that Beyond the Boundary is still fighting Mirai, having created a pocket dimension.

Akihito uses a Spirit Stone to enter the pocket dimension and uses his newly-mastered half-youmu powers to aid Mirai in defeating Beyond the Boundary. Having used all of her blood to remove the youmu from Akihito, its defeat means that she no longer has a body.