What is Empress Masako?
{{Infobox royalty | name = Masako | image = Naruhito and Masako visit Bogor Palace 48 (cropped) (2).jpg | caption = The Empress in 2023 | consort = yes | succession = [[Empress of Japan|Empress consort of Japan]] | reign = 1 May 2019 – present | coronation = <!-- 2019 --> | cor-type = <!-- Japan --> | birth_name = {{Nihongo|Masako Owada|小和田雅子}} | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|12|9|df=y}} | birth_place = [[:ja: 虎の門病院|Toranomon Hospital]], [[Toranomon]], [[Minato, Tokyo]] | death_date = | death_place = | burial_date = | burial_place = | spouse = {{marriage|[[Naruhito]]|9 June 1993}} | issue = [[Aiko, Princess Toshi]] | house = [[Imperial House of Japan]] (by marriage) | father = [[Hisashi Owada]] | mother = Yumiko Egashira | religion = [[Shinto]] }} {{Japanese Imperial Family}} {{Nihongo|'''Masako'''|雅子|Masako}}, born {{nihongo|'''Masako Owada'''|小和田雅子|''Owada Masako''}} on 9 December 1963, is the wife and [[Japanese empresses|empress consort]] of the current [[Emperor of Japan]], [[Naruhito]], the eldest son of the previous emperor [[Akihito]],<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Sanz|first1=Cynthia|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20110658,00.html|title=The Princess Bride|journal=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=21 June 1993|volume=39|issue=24|access-date=16 November 2011|archive-date=10 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510175809/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20110658,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> who took the throne after abdication of the latter on 30 April 2019. ==Titles and styles== *'''9 December 1963 – 9 June 1993''': ''Miss'' Masako Owada *'''9 June 1993 – 30 April 2019''': ''Her Imperial Highness The Crown Princess of Japan'' *Her Imperial Highness The Crown Princess Masako *'''1 May 2019 – present''' : ''Her Majesty'' The Empress of Japan ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [ht