What is Masahito, Prince Hitachi?
{{Infobox royalty | name = Masahito | image = Prince Masahito cropped 2 Prince Masahito Prince Albert II Princess Hanako and Yukiya Amano 20100713.jpg | caption = Prince Hitachi at the [[Grimaldi Forum]] in July 2010 | title = Prince Hitachi | spouse = {{marriage|[[Hanako, Princess Hitachi|Hanako Tsugaru]]| 30 September 1964}} | full name = {{nihongo|Masahito|正仁}} | house = [[Imperial House of Japan]] | father = [[Hirohito|Emperor Shōwa]] | mother = [[Empress Kōjun]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1935|11|28|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Tokyo Imperial Palace]], [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]] | occupation = | religion = [[Shinto]] }} {{Japanese Imperial Family}} {{nihongo|'''Masahito, Prince Hitachi'''|常陸宮正仁親王|Hitachi-no-miya Masahito Shinnō|extra= born 28 November 1935}} is a member of the [[Imperial House of Japan]] and the younger brother of [[Akihito|Emperor Akihito]]. He is the second son and sixth born child of [[Hirohito|Emperor Shōwa]] and [[Empress Kōjun]] and is third in [[Line of succession to the Japanese throne|line]] to the [[Chrysanthemum Throne]]. Prince Hitachi is mainly known for philanthropic activities and his research on the causes of cancer. Prince Hitachi and his wife Princess Hitachi have their official residence in a palace in large gardens off Komazawadori in [[Higashi, Shibuya]].<ref>[http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e07/ed07.html Kunaicho | The Imperial Palace and other Imperial Household Establishments] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708041805/http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e07/ed07.html |date=8 July 2007 }}</ref> They have no children. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e-about/activity/activity04.html Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Hitachi] at the Imperial Household Agency website {{DEFAULTSORT:Hitachi, Prince}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:Japanese princes and princesses]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Tokyo]] {{Japanese princes}} {{bio-stub}}