Japan: Birthday and Anniversary wishes

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Birthday and anniversary wishes for the imperial family in 2009 may be posted in this thread.

News and photos of these events should be posted in the regular threads. Congratulatory messages are off topic in those threads and should be posted here (if they're posted in the news threads, they'll be deleted or moved here).

Please be mindful of the dates of the occasions and don't post messages too early or late.


January
5th - Prince Tomohito of Mikasa's birthday (1946)

February
11th - Prince Katsura's birthday (1948)
23rd - Crown Prince Naruhito's birthday (1960)

March
8th - Princess Tsuguko of Takamado's birthday (1986)

April
9th - Princess Tomohito of Mikasa's birthday (1955)
10th - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko's wedding anniversary (1959)
18th - Sayako Kuroda's birthday (1969)

June
4th - Princess Mikasa's birthday (1923)
9th - Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako's wedding anniversary (1993)
29th - Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko's wedding anniversary (1990)

July
10th - Princess Takamado's birthday (1953)
19th - Princess Hitachi's birthday (1940)
22nd - Princess Noriko of Takamado's birthday (1988)

September
6th - Prince Hisahito's birthday (2006)
11th - Princess Kiko's birthday (1966)
15th - Princess Ayako of Takamado's birthday (1990)
30th - Prince and Princess Hitachi's wedding anniversary (1964)

October
20th - Empress Michiko's birthday (1934)
22nd - Prince and Princess Mikasa's wedding anniversary (1941)
23rd - Princess Mako's birthday (1991)
25th - Princess Yōko of Mikasa's birthday (1983)

November
7th - Prince and Princess Tomohito of Mikasa's wedding anniversary (1980)
15th - Sayako and Yoshiki Kuroda's wedding anniversary (2005)
28th - Prince Hitachi's birthday (1935)
30th - Prince Akishino's birthday (1965)

December
1st - Princess Aiko's birthday (2001)
2nd - Prince Mikasa's birthday (1915)
9th - Crown Princess Masako's birthday (1963)
20th - Princess Akiko of Mikasa's birthday (1981)
23rd - Emperor Akihito's birthday (1933)
29th - Princess Kako's birthday (1994)