List of Emperors of Japan
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The following is a traditional list of Emperors of Japan. Dates for the first 28 emperors, and especially the first 16, are based on tradition. It is unlikely that the state of Japan was actually founded in 660 BC; see also Yamato period, Himiko.
| # | Reign | Regal Name | Personal Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legendary Emperors | ||||
| 1 | 660 BC to 585 BC | Emperor Jimmu | Kamuyamato Iwarebiko | Presumed Legendary; claimed descent from the sun goddess, Amaterasu |
| 2 | 581 BC to 549 BC | Emperor Suizei | Kamu Nunagawamimi no Mikoto | Presumed Legendary |
| 3 | 549 BC to 511 BC | Emperor Annei | Shikitsuhiko Tamademi no Mikoto | Presumed Legendary |
| 4 | 510 BC to 476 BC | Emperor Itoku | Oho Yamatohiko Sukitomo no Mikoto | Presumed Legendary |
| 5 | 475 BC to 393 BC | Emperor Kōshō | Mimatsuhiko Kaesine no Mikoto | Presumed Legendary |
| 6 | 392 BC to 291 BC | Emperor Kōan | Oho Yamato Tarasihiko Kuniosi Hito no Mikoto | Presumed Legendary |
| 7 | 290 BC to 215 BC | Emperor Kōrei | Oho Yamato Nekohiko Futoni no Mikoto | Presumed Legendary |
| 8 | 214 BC to 158 BC | Emperor Kōgen | Oho Yamato Nekohiko Kuni Kuru no Mikoto | Presumed Legendary |
| 9 | 157 BC to 98 BC | Emperor Kaika | Waka Yamato Nekohiko Oho Bibino no Mikoto | Presumed Legendary |
| 10 | 97 BC to 30 BC | Emperor Sujin | Mimaki Irihiko Inie no Mikoto | Presumed Legendary |
| 11 | 29 BC to AD 70 | Emperor Suinin | Ikume Irihiko Isatsi no Mikoto | Presumed Legendary |
| 12 | 71 to 130 | Emperor Keikō | Oho Tarasihiko Osirowake no Mikoto | Presumed Legendary |
| 13 | 131 to 191 | Emperor Seimu | Waka Tarsihiko | Presumed Legendary |
| 14 | 192 to 200 | Emperor Chūai | Tarasi Nakatsuhiko no Mikoto | Presumed Legendary |
| 201 to 269 | Regent Jingū Kōgō | Okinaga Tarashihime no Mikoto | Presumed Legendary; interregnum | |
| Yamato Period (Kofun Period) | ||||
| 15 | 270 to 310 | Emperor Ōjin | Fondano Miko no Mikoto / Otomowake no Mikoto / Humudawake no Mikoto | First historical emperor; deified as Hachiman |
| 16 | 313 to 399 | Emperor Nintoku | Oho Sazaki no Mikoto | Inaccurate dates |
| 17 | 400 to 405 | Emperor Richū | Isaho Wake no Mikoto | Inaccurate dates |
| 18 | 406 to 410 | Emperor Hanzei | Misu wa Wake no Mikoto | Inaccurate dates |
| 19 | 411 to 453 | Emperor Ingyō | Wo Asazuma Wakugo no Sukune | Inaccurate dates |
| 20 | 453 to 456 | Emperor Ankō | Anaho no Mikoto | Inaccurate dates |
| 21 | 456 to 479 | Emperor Yūryaku | Oho Hatsuneno no Mikoto | Inaccurate dates |
| 22 | 480 to 484 | Emperor Seinei | Siraga Takehiro Kuni Osi Wakai Yamato Neko no Mikoto | Inaccurate dates |
| 23 | 485 to 487 | Emperor Kenzō | Ohoke no Mikoto | Inaccurate dates |
| 24 | 488 to 498 | Emperor Ninken | Ohosi(Ohosu) no Mikoto/Simano Iratsuko | Inaccurate dates |
| 25 | 498 to 506 | Emperor Buretsu | Wohatsuse Wakasazaki | Inaccurate dates |
| 26 | 507 to 531 | Emperor Keitai | Ōto/Hikofuto (Hikofuto no Mikoto/Ōdo no Sumera Mikoto) | Possible founder of new dynasty |
| 27 | 531 to 536 | Emperor Ankan | Hirokuni Oshitake Kanahi no Mikoto | Inaccurate dates |
| 28 | 536 to 549 | Emperor Senka | Takeo Hirokuni Oshitate no Mikoto | Inaccurate dates |
| Asuka period | ||||
| 29 | 539 to 571 | Emperor Kimmei | Amekuni Oshiharuki Hironiwa no Sumera Mikoto | |
| 30 | 572 to 585 | Emperor Bidatsu | Osada no Nunakura no Futotamashiki no Mikoto | |
| 31 | 585 to 587 | Emperor Yōmei | Ooe/Tachibana no Toyohi no Sumera Mikoto | |
| 32 | 587 to 592 | Emperor Sushun | Hatsusebe no (Wakasasagi) Mikoto | |
| 33 | 593 to 628 | Empress Suiko | Nukatabe/Toyomike Kashikiyahime | First non-legendary female emperor. Prince Shotoku acted as her regent. |
| 34 | 629 to 641 | Emperor Jomei | Tamura (Oki Nagatarashihi Hironuka no Sumera Mikoto) | |
| 35 | 642 to 645 | Empress Kōgyoku | Takara (Ame Toyotakaraikashi Hitarashi Hime no Sumera Mikoto) | Reigned twice |
| 36 | 645 to 654 | Emperor Kōtoku | Karu (Ame Yorozu Toyohi no Sumera Mikoto) | |
| 37 | 655 to 661 | Empress Saimei | see 35 above | |
| 38 | 661 to 672 | Emperor Tenji | Katsuragi/Nakano-ooe (Ame Mikoto Hirakasuwake no Mikoto/Amatsu Mikoto Sakiwake no Mikoto) | |
| 39 | 672 | Emperor Kōbun | Ōtomo | Usurped by Temmu |
| 40 | 672 to 686 | Emperor Temmu | Ōama/Ohoshiama/Ōsama (Ame no Nunahara Oki no Mahito no Sumera Mikoto) | |
| 41 | 686 to 697 | Empress Jitō | Unonosarara (Takama no Harahiro no Hime no Sumera Mikoto) | |
| 42 | 697 to 707 | Emperor Mommu | Karu (Ame no Mamune Toyoohoji no Sumera Mikoto) | |
| 43 | 707 to 715 | Empress Gemmei | Ahe (Yamatoneko Amatsu Mishiro Toyokuni Narihime no Sumera Mikoto) | |
| Nara Period | ||||
| 44 | 715 to 724 | Empress Genshō | Hidaka/Niinomi (Yamatoneko Takamizu Kiyotarashi Hime no Sumera Mikoto) | |
| 45 | 724 to 749 | Emperor Shōmu | Obito (Ameshirushi Kunioshiharuki Toyosakurahiko no Sumera Mikoto) | |
| 46 | 749 to 758 | Empress Kōken | Abe (Yamatoneko no Sumera Mikoto) | Reigned twice |
| 47 | 758 to 764 | Emperor Junnin | Ōi | dethroned by Shōtoku |
| 48 | 764 to 770 | Empress Shōtoku | see 46 above | |
| 49 | 770 to 781 | Emperor Kōnin | Shirakabe (Amemune Takatsugi no Mikoto) | |
| Heian Period | ||||
| 50 | 781 to 806 | Emperor Kammu | Yamabe (Yamatoneko Amatsu Hitsugi Iyaderi no Mikoto) | |
| 51 | 806 to 809 | Emperor Heizei | Ate (Yamatoneko Ameoshikuni Takahiko no Mikoto) | |
| 52 | 809 to 823 | Emperor Saga | Kamino | |
| 53 | 823 to 833 | Emperor Junna | Ōdomo | |
| 54 | 833 to 850 | Emperor Nimmyō | Masara | |
| 55 | 850 to 858 | Emperor Montoku | Michiyasu | |
| 56 | 858 to 876 | Emperor Seiwa | Korehito | |
| 57 | 876 to 884 | Emperor Yōzei | Sadaakira | |
| 58 | 884 to 887 | Emperor Kōkō | Tokiyasu | |
| 59 | 887 to 897 | Emperor Uda | Sadami | |
| 60 | 897 to 930 | Emperor Daigo | Atsuhito | |
| 61 | 930 to 946 | Emperor Suzaku | Yutaakira | |
| 62 | 946 to 967 | Emperor Murakami | Nariakira | |
| 63 | 967 to 969 | Emperor Reizei | Norihira | |
| 64 | 969 to 984 | Emperor En'yū | Morihira | |
| 65 | 984 to 986 | Emperor Kazan | Morosada | |
| 66 | 986 to 1011 | Emperor Ichijō | Yasuhito/Kanehito | |
| 67 | 1011 to 1016 | Emperor Sanjō | Okisada/Iyasada | |
| 68 | 1016 to 1036 | Emperor Go-Ichijō | Atsuhira | |
| 69 | 1036 to 1045 | Emperor Go-Suzaku | Atsunaga/Atsuyoshi | |
| 70 | 1045 to 1068 | Emperor Go-Reizei | Chikahito | |
| 71 | 1068 to 1073 | Emperor Go-Sanjō | Takahito | |
| 72 | 1073 to 1086 | Emperor Shirakawa | Sadahito | Cloistered rule 1087 to 1129 |
| 73 | 1087 to 1107 | Emperor Horikawa | Taruhito | |
| 74 | 1107 to 1123 | Emperor Toba | Munehito | Cloistered rule 1129 to 1156 |
| 75 | 1123 to 1142 | Emperor Sutoku | Akihito | |
| 76 | 1142 to 1155 | Emperor Konoe | Narihito | |
| 77 | 1155 to 1158 | Emperor Go-Shirakawa | Masahito | Cloistered rule 1158 to 1192 |
| 78 | 1158 to 1165 | Emperor Nijō | Morihito | |
| 79 | 1165 to 1168 | Emperor Rokujō | Yorihito | |
| 80 | 1168 to 1180 | Emperor Takakura | Norihito | |
| 81 | 1180 to 1185 | Emperor Antoku | Tokihito | |
| 82 | 1183 to 1198 | Emperor Go-Toba | Takahira | |
| Kamakura Period | ||||
| 83 | 1198 to 1210 | Emperor Tsuchimikado | Tamehito | |
| 84 | 1210 to 1221 | Emperor Juntoku | Morihira/Morinari | |
| 85 | 1221 | Emperor Chūkyō | Kanehira/Kanenari | Unthroned |
| 86 | 1221 to 1232 | Emperor Go-Horikawa | Yutahito | |
| 87 | 1232 to 1242 | Emperor Shijō | Mitsuhito/Hidehito | |
| 88 | 1242 to 1246 | Emperor Go-Saga | Kunihito | |
| 89 | 1246 to 1260 | Emperor Go-Fukakusa | Hisahito | |
| 90 | 1260 to 1274 | Emperor Kameyama | Tsunehito | |
| 91 | 1274 to 1287 | Emperor Go-Uda | Yohito | |
| 92 | 1287 to 1298 | Emperor Fushimi | Hirohito | |
| 93 | 1298 to 1301 | Emperor Go-Fushimi | Tanehito | |
| 94 | 1301 to 1308 | Emperor Go-Nijō | Kuniharu | |
| 95 | 1308 to 1318 | Emperor Hanazono | Tomihito | |
| 96 | 1318 to 1339 | Emperor Go-Daigo | Takaharu | Deposed by shogun, 1332; Southern Court, 1336 to 1339 |
| Northern Court | ||||
| 1331 to 1333 | Emperor Kōgon | Kazuhito | ||
| 1336 to 1348 | Emperor Kōmyō | Yutahito | ||
| 1348 to 1351 | Emperor Sukō | Okihito | ||
| 1351 to 1352 | interregnum | |||
| 1352 to 1371 | Emperor Go-Kōgon | Iyahito | ||
| 1371 to 1382 | Emperor Go-En'yū | Ohito | ||
| 1382 to 1392 | Emperor Go-Komatsu | see 100 below | Reunified courts in 1392 | |
| Muromachi Period | ||||
| 97 | 1339 to 1368 | Emperor Go-Murakami | Norinaga/Noriyoshi | Southern Court |
| 98 | 1368 to 1383 | Emperor Chōkei | Yutanari | Southern Court |
| 99 | 1383 to 1392 | Emperor Go-Kameyama | Hironari | Southern Court |
| 100 | 1392 to 1412 | Emperor Go-Komatsu | Motohito | |
| 101 | 1412 to 1428 | Emperor Shōkō | Mihito | |
| 102 | 1428 to 1464 | Emperor Go-Hanazono | Hikohito | |
| 103 | 1464 to 1500 | Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado | Fusahito | |
| 104 | 1500 to 1526 | Emperor Go-Kashiwabara | Katsuhito | |
| 105 | 1526 to 1557 | Emperor Go-Nara | Tomohito | |
| 106 | 1557 to 1586 | Emperor Ōgimachi | Michihito | |
| 107 | 1586 to 1611 | Emperor Go-Yōzei | Kazuhito/Katahito | |
| Edo Period | ||||
| 108 | 1611 to 1629 | Emperor Go-Mizunoo(a.k.a. Emperor Go-Minoo) | Kotohito | |
| 109 | 1629 to 1643 | Empress Meishō | Okiko | |
| 110 | 1643 to 1654 | Emperor Go-Kōmyō | Tsuguhito | |
| 111 | 1655 to 1663 | Emperor Go-Sai | Nagahito | |
| 112 | 1663 to 1687 | Emperor Reigen | Satohito | |
| 113 | 1687 to 1709 | Emperor Higashiyama | Asahito | |
| 114 | 1709 to 1735 | Emperor Nakamikado | Yasuhito | |
| 115 | 1735 to 1747 | Emperor Sakuramachi | Teruhito | |
| 116 | 1747 to 1762 | Emperor Momozono | Toohito | |
| 117 | 1762 to 1771 | Empress Go-Sakuramachi | Toshiko | |
| 118 | 1771 to 1779 | Emperor Go-Momozono | Hidehito | |
| 119 | 1780 to 1817 | Emperor Kōkaku | Tomohito | |
| 120 | 1817 to 1846 | Emperor Ninkō | Ayahito | |
| 121 | 1846 to 1867 | Emperor Kōmei | Osahito | |
| Modern Japan | ||||
| 122 | 1867 to 1912 | Emperor Meiji | Mutsuhito | First emperor in constitutional monarchy |
| 123 | 1912 to 1926 | Emperor Taishō | Yoshihito | |
| 124 | 1926 to 1989 | Emperor Shōwa | Hirohito | Last emperor to hold political power |
| 125 | 1989 to present | Emperor Akihito | Akihito | Referred to as Tenno Heika (i.e. His Majesty the Emperor) in Japanese and as Emperor Akihito in English. After his death he will be renamed Emperor Heisei. |
