Princess Aiko
Princess Mako of Japan, who is bent on marrying someone, finally decided on the date of marriage after waiting for many years, and will officially marry her fiancé Kei Komuro on October 26. Along with the announcement of this marriage, there was also news that Princess Mako was suffering from mental illness.
Since 2018, Princess Mako has suffered from great pressure because of this "unblessed" relationship, suffered from complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD), and often fell into the horror of life collapse.
Like Princess Mako, her cousin, Princess Aiko, the only daughter of the current Emperor Naruhito, was also bitter about public opinion.
In the strict rules of the Japanese imperial family, even if you are a princess, they cannot live as they want. Occasionally, they may just want to temporarily take off the princess crown and regain the pleasure of being ordinary girls.
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Princess Mako is busy getting married, and Princess Aiko is busy "moving".
At the beginning of last month, the japanese Emperor Naruhito's family of three left the Akasaka Imperial Palace (the original Tonomiya Imperial Palace) in Motokasaka, Tokyo, and officially moved into the Imperial Palace to begin a new life.
In May 2019, Emperor Akihito abdicated and his eldest son Naruhito took the throne. In order to welcome the arrival of the new emperor, the Imperial Palace of Japan underwent a renovation and transformed into a look that Naruhito liked.
Emperor Naruhito moves to a "new home"
Now that the imperial palace has been renovated, Emperor Naruhito happily moved into the new residence with Empress Masako and Princess Aiko.
Photos of the interior and exterior of the new Imperial Palace of Japan
On that day, 61-year-old Naruhito appeared with a smile on his eyebrows and wore a black suit blue and white fine striped tie; 57-year-old Masako was dressed in a white slip dress with a milky white handbag, which was more elegant under the embellishment of brooches and pearl earrings. Next to them was their only daughter, Princess Aiko.
After not showing up for a while, this "post-00s" princess has become more and more mature. She wears a gray and white plaid dress, a dark blue blazer, and a black bag, looking stable and energetic.
No way, as the only daughter of the current emperor, Princess Aiko has endured too much. Appearing on official occasions, if you dress improperly, I am afraid it will cause criticism.
Aiko has appeared on college campuses in a similar outfit
But aside from the status of a princess, Aiko, who only turned 20 on December 1 this year, is actually an ordinary cute girl in private. For example, she has loved to chase stars since she was a child, and like everyone else, the "wall head" has changed wave after wave.
Don't look at Princess Aiko who is so demure now, but when she was a child, she was a naughty bag.
Aiko climbed a tree when she was 3 years old
With a well-developed motor nerve, she loved to watch sumo wrestling since she was a child, not only knowing the four names of sumo wrestlers (which can be understood as stage names and code names), but also remembering their place of origin.
Aiko did sports when she was a child
When Aiko was 5 years old, she went to a sumo wrestling match with Naruhito and Masako, and when she was young, she exclaimed, "Isn't this a dream?" In a few years, Aiko fell in love with baseball games again, and pick's "love beans" became professional baseball player Seiichi Uchikawa, a proper athlete powder.
In 2006, at the Ryogoku KokujiKan in Tokyo, Aiko leaned over to watch a sumo wrestling match.
Among the many "wall heads", Princess Aiko's favorite is perhaps the Popular Japanese Figure Skater Yu yusuke. As early as 2014, there were Japanese media reports that Aiko, who had studied figure skating, and fans who had watched the Sochi East Olympic Games not only collected relevant magazines, but also discussed with school classmates "how to start with the photo of Yusheng knots".
Yusei Yusei is the prince of Japanese figure skating, and the princess loves him for a reason!
At the age of 19, Yu Yu was invited to participate in the royal tea party after winning the men's singles skating championship. Unfortunately, Aiko could not attend such official activities because she was a minor, so she could only ask her father Naruhito to bring a message and ask the other party what kind of jumping method she was best at, and the question was very professional. Interestingly, at that time, Japanese people described this scene as "the crown prince meets the future horse". If this matter is put aside in ancient times, the next step may not really be "marriage".
Aiko's grandfather and grandmother, Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, received Habu Yusuke.
However, fans don't have to worry, Princess Aiko's love for Yusheng's string should be just the ordinary feelings of star-chasing girls for Love Bean, not deep enough to "not marry him".
And the object of Aiko's star chasing is not limited to the circle of motion. In 2018, he attended the charity audition of the movie "The Diary of a Traveling Cat" with his parents, and sat side by side with the film's star Foshi Cangji to watch the movie.
While watching the movie, Aiko asked Fushi Cangji, "What is the mood of watching your own play?" In the face of the princess's questions, Fu Shi Cangji was "sincerely afraid" and said afterwards that he was "incredible" and "very surprised".
From Aiko's happy smile, it can be seen that handsome men and pets can heal people's hearts.
Fu Shi Cang Ji took the cat in the film to greet the Aiko family, and it is estimated that many fans want to "wear" this cat.
Previously, Princess Aiko also watched the movie "The Tale of Hachiko in a Loyal Dog" with the veteran Japanese actor Kitaji Shinya.
Although Aiko is a princess, she only occasionally borrows official occasions to see handsome men, and there seems to be no star-chasing privilege.
When she was 18 years old, she was addicted to Bian Boxian, a member of the Korean boy band EXO, and spent money to buy idols such as mobile phone pendants like ordinary fans. She also said to a friend: "I have more free time to wait for college, and I hope to see Bian Boxian with my own eyes." ”
In April last year, Aiko entered the Faculty of Literature of Nippon Gakuin University and finally became a university student. In addition to the home online classes, she also did not forget to chase the stars, but Bian Boxian has become a "past tense".
According to Aiko's friends, Aiko likes Janis idols very much, and is currently chasing Shigeoka Daisuke and Fujii Meteor of the Janis West group, often watching their concert videos to decompress. Hearing this news, the reaction of the Japanese fans was: it is worthy of being a princess, and the vision is really good!
Janis West combination, Shigeoka Daigo stands in the C position, and the second left in the back row is the Fujii Meteor.
In Japan, Janis fans like to hold "birthday festivals" for idols on their birthdays, and put up various peripherals to celebrate their idols' birthdays. Princess Aiko is said to be no exception, posting photos of "birth festivals" for Daiki Shigeoka and Fujii Meteor on her private social accounts.
Fans hold birthday parties for idols, and even if the idols themselves are not present, fans can entertain themselves and express their love.
It seems that Princess Aiko will also stay at home and "make a flower fool".
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Today's happy female college student Aizi has actually been under pressure since the day of birth.
In 2011, Masako, 37, as an elderly mother, gave birth to Naruhito's first child, and the only child of the current couple, Aiko.
Aizi's full name is "Prince Aizi of the Jinggong", and the palace number and name are from the famous sentence of Mencius - "The lover, the person who loves the other, the person who loves it; the one who respects the person, the one who respects the other." "Full of her parents' love for her."
Naruhito and Masako hold Aiko
At that time, Naruhito, who was the crown prince, was childless under his knees, and crown princess Masako was facing tremendous reproductive pressure. The arrival of Princess Aiko is undoubtedly a great joy for the sparsely populated Japanese imperial family.
However, according to Japan's "Imperial Family Model", only men born to male members of the imperial family have the right to inherit the throne. As a result, Masako's pressure increased unabated, and she stopped participating in official activities after suffering from adjustment disorders, and faded out of the public eye for long-term recuperation.
Masako was under pressure to have children after marriage
Masako, who is no longer burdened by official duties, has plenty of time to accompany her daughter's growth. Naruhito is also very fond of his daughter, often taking his wife and daughter out to play, and has repeatedly said that he wants to let Aiko live the life of an ordinary child.
Masako takes Aiko on an outing
Even if she is deeply loved by her parents, Aiko cannot completely get rid of the shackles of the imperial family, and in kindergarten, she was criticized by the Japanese media for often taking sick leave as "too willful".
When she was in elementary school, she was bullied by her classmates (such as being thrown into a school bag), and at one point she had stress symptoms such as emotional upset, abdominal pain and fever. Since then, "boredom" has become the label of Aiko.
After entering puberty, Aiko has another annoyance - because of the appearance problem is pointed out.
Aiko grew up
Masako is recognized as a temperament beauty, but Naruhito's genes are too strong, and Aiko does not inherit her mother's beauty, but inherits her father's collapsed nose.
The three noses of the Naruhito family look alike
When Aiko was a child, her cheeks were fleshy, her braids were tied and her hair was loose.
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After the facial features are opened, the appearance value has indeed declined, but it is definitely not ugly, and there is affinity for laughter.
After losing weight, there is more youthful vitality.
If it is an ordinary passerby, it can be praised and cute when dressed up, but as a "princess", it has lost to the high expectations of the outside world.
What is even more heartfelt is that Aiko's two cousins, Princess Mako and Princess Jiazi, are quite beautiful.
Mako and Yoshiko's father was Prince Fumihito of Akishinomiya, the younger brother of the current Emperor Naruhito.
In particular, Jiazi, with exquisite facial features, sweet temperament, generous and decent dress, is also privately online.
With "other people's children" as a comparison, the pressure of the beloved son can be imagined.
At the age of 15, Aiko was suspected of suffering from anorexia, and was exposed to lose 18 pounds in 1 year, and her round face was thinned into a melon face, which did not look very good.
The contrast between Aiko's weight loss is obvious
Fortunately, with the careful care of her parents, Princess Aiko changed her decadent image after going to high school, actively integrated into school life, and also participated in a school trip with her classmates. Now that I'm back in good health, I look more energetic.
A photo of Aiko last year when she was 19 years old
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Aiko's love for chasing stars may also be one of the ways for her to release herself. After all, as an ordinary girl, she also has her own joys and sorrows.
In 2006, Prince Hirohito, the son of Prince Fumihito, was born, and the Japanese imperial family finally welcomed a man. After Emperor Naruhito ascended the throne, in November 2020, the Japanese Imperial Family officially declared Prince Fumihito, Emperor Naruhito's younger brother, crown prince, which also meant that Prince Yuhito became the second in line to the throne.
Prince Wenren's family, the little boy in the picture is Youren.
Although people from all walks of life in Japan continue to propose the idea of revising the "Imperial Model" to make Aiko a female emperor, perhaps for Aiko, the crown is not important at all, after all, the inheritance of the throne is the loss of priceless freedom.
The Japanese imperial family has a tradition that every princess will receive a specially customized crown when she is 20 years old. As Naruhito's only daughter, Aiko abandons the custom of customizing the crown.
Princess Mako wearing a crown
It is reported that when the 20-year-old comes of age in December this year, Aiko will borrow an old crown to wear. Naruhito and Masako, who suffer from red tape, must have supported their daughter's decision.
Princess Mako chases her husband, Princess Aiko chases the stars, and what she chases is actually freedom. May they all be kind and be happy to be themselves.
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writing丨Chloe
editor | Paris