[Happy Birthday to Crown Princess Kiko of Japan! Born Kiko Kawashima in Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, Japan, she is the eldest daughter of Tatsuhiko Kawashima and Kazuyo Sugimoto. She grew up in the US, Austria, and Japan, and graduated from Gakushuin University and got her PHD from Ochanomizu University. In 1990, she married Prince Fumihito, the second son of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko of Japan, becoming the first middle class bride to marry into the Imperial Family, and was known for a time as the ‘Apartment Princess’](https://royalwatcherblog.com/2018/09/11/crown-princess-kiko-of-japan/#google_vignette)
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[Happy Birthday to Crown Princess Kiko of Japan! Born Kiko Kawashima in Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, Japan, she is the eldest daughter of Tatsuhiko Kawashima and Kazuyo Sugimoto. She grew up in the US, Austria, and Japan, and graduated from Gakushuin University and got her PHD from Ochanomizu University. In 1990, she married Prince Fumihito, the second son of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko of Japan, becoming the first middle class bride to marry into the Imperial Family, and was known for a time as the ‘Apartment Princess’](https://royalwatcherblog.com/2018/09/11/crown-princess-kiko-of-japan/#google_vignette)