Japanese empresses
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There have only been a few empresses ruling in Japan, and none since 1771:
- Jingu of Japan 206-209
- Empress Suiko 593-628 - first empress
- Empress Kogyoku 642-645 - formerly Princess Takara (Empress Consort of Kotoku)
- Empress Kogyoku 655-661
- Empress Gemmei 707-715
- Empress Gensho 715-724 - formerly Princess Hidaka
- Empress Koken 749-758
- Empress Koken 764-770
- Empress Meisho 1629-1643
- Empress Go-Sakuramachi 1762-1771 - last empress and ruled as empress regent
A list of non-ruling empresses of Japan:
- Empress Michiko of Japan
- Empress Kojun
- Empress Dowager Teimei
- Empress Dowager Shōken
- Empress Dowager Kaimei
- Fujiwara no Otomuro or Empress Fujiwara no Junshi
- Empress consort Anshi
- Empress Chōshi
- Empress Dowager Fujiwara no Yoshiko
- Empress (chūgū) Imperial Princess Akiko
- Empress (kōgō) Fujiwara no Hiroko
- Empress (kōgō) Fujiwara no Kanko
