Mamoru Shō
Mamoru Shō | |
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 Mamoru Shō in 2019 | |
| Born | 18 August 1950 Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Children | Takeshi Shō, Maki Shō |
| Parent(s) | Hiroshi Shō (father) Shō Keiko (mother) |
Mamoru Shō (尚 衞, Shō Mamoru, born 18 August 1950) is an ethnic Ryukyuan, and the current head of the Shō family,[1] the former Ryūkyūan royal family. He is the great-great-grandson of Shō Tai, the last king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and is the king's most senior direct descendant.[2] Unlike other heads of the Shō family since the abolition of the Ryukyu Kingdom, who have mostly resided in Tokyo, he resides in both Tokyo and Naha, the capital of the Okinawa Prefecture and the historical Ryukyu Kingdom.
Life[]
Mamoru Shō was born in Tokyo on 18 August 1950,[3] the eldest son of Hiroshi Shō. He became the Shō Family Head upon the death of his father on 30 August 1996.
Family[]
Shō has two daughters and a son named Takeshi, who is the heir apparent to the Shō family.
Ancestry[]
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References[]
- ^ RYUKYU ISLANDS (Kingdom) Accessed 2017-03-24
- ^ The Kingdom of Ryukyu (Okinawa) Accessed 2017-03-24
- ^ Mamoru Shō (Q4391392) Accessed 2017-03-24[user-generated source]
- ^ "Second Shō family genealogy". Reichsarchiv. Retrieved 10 September 2017. (in Japanese)
- Second Shō dynasty
- 1950 births
- Living people
- Tamagawa University alumni
- Pretenders