sentences:  Prince Yamashina Takehiko was the son of Prince Yamashina Kikumaro by his first wife, the former Kujō Noriko.He succeeded his father as the third head of the Yamashina-no-miya house on 2 May 1908, after his father's sudden and untimely death.Prince Yamashina Takehiko graduated from the 46th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1918 ranked 1st in his class of 126 cadets.