What is Naruhito?
{{Infobox royalty |name = Naruhito |image = Emperor Naruhito 201905 (cropped).jpg |caption = Naruhito in 2019 |succession = [[Emperor of Japan]] |reign = 1 May 2019 – present |coronation = 22 October 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/718/|title=What to watch at the Emperor's enthronement ceremonies|publisher=NHK|date=18 October 2019|access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref> |cor-type = Japan |predecessor = [[Akihito]] |suc-type = Heir presumptive |successor = [[Fumihito, Prince Akishino|Fumihito]] |reg-type = {{nowrap|[[Prime Minister of Japan|Prime Ministers]]}} |regent = [[Shinzō Abe]]<br>[[Yoshihide Suga]]<br>[[Fumio Kishida]]<br>[[Shigeru Ishiba]] |spouse = {{marriage|[[Empress Masako|Masako Owada]]|9 June 1993}} |issue = [[Aiko, Princess Toshi]] |house = [[Imperial House of Japan]] |father = [[Akihito]] |mother = [[Empress Michiko|Michiko Shōda]] |birth_name = {{Nihongo|Naruhito|徳仁}} |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|2|23|df=y}} |birth_place = Imperial Household Agency Hospital, [[Tokyo Imperial Palace]], [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]] |religion = [[Shinto]] |signature = }} {{Japanese Imperial Family}} {{Nihongo|'''Naruhito'''|徳仁|extra=born 23 February 1960}} is the current [[emperor of Japan]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48020703|title=Japan's Emperor Akihito abdicates|date=2019-04-30|access-date=2019-04-30|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nst.com.my/world/2019/04/484432/naruhito-new-emperor-japan-reiwa-era-begins|title=Naruhito is new emperor of Japan; 'Reiwa' era begins|website=www.nst.com.my|access-date=2019-04-30}}</ref> Naruhito is the eldest son of former emperor [[Akihito]] and Empress [[Empress Michiko|Michiko]] of Japan. He was originally known as ''His Imperial Highness'' The Prince Hiro but was later given the title of Crown Prince in [[1991]]. His father Emperor Akihito announced in December 2017 that he would [[Abdication|abdicate]] on