Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu

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Nobuhito
Prince Takamatsu
Prince Takamatsu in December 1940
Born	Nobuhito, Prince Teru (光宮宣仁親王) (1905-01-03)3 January 1905 Aoyama Detached Palace, Tokyo City, Japan
Died	3 February 1987(1987-02-03) (aged 82) Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Burial	10 February 1987 Toshimagaoka Imperial Cemetery, Bunkyo, Tokyo
Spouse	Kikuko Tokugawa ​ (m. 1930)​
House	Imperial House of Japan
Father	Emperor Taishō
Mother	Sadako Kujō
Military career
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Service/branch	Imperial Japanese Navy
Years of service	1924–1945
Rank	Captain
Unit	Fusō Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff
Battles/wars	Second Sino-Japanese War World War II
Awards	Order of the Golden Kite (4th Class) China War Medal

Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu (高松宮宣仁親王, Takamatsu-no-miya Nobuhito Shinnō, 3 January 1905 – 3 February 1987) was the third son of Emperor Taishō (Yoshihito) and Empress Teimei (Sadako) and a younger brother of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito). He became heir to the Takamatsu-no-miya (formerly Arisugawa-no-miya), one of the four shinnōke or branches of the imperial family entitled to inherit the Chrysanthemum throne in default of a direct heir. From the mid-1920s until the end of World War II, Prince Takamatsu pursued a career in the Japanese Imperial Navy, eventually rising to the rank of captain. Following the war, the prince became patron or honorary president of various organizations in the fields of international cultural exchange, the arts, sports, and medicine. He is mainly remembered for his philanthropic activities as a member of the Imperial House of Japan.