Nihongo |Akihito; An haife shi a 23 ga watan Disamban shekara ta 1933, shine sarkin Daular Japan (1989-2019) na yanzu maici. Ya gaji ragamar daga Chrysanthemum Throne bayan rasuwar Mahaifinsa Hirohito (Emperor Shōwa) a 7 ga watan Janairun shekarar 1989. Kamar yadda tsarin sarautar kasar Japan take, shine yasa aka nadashi sarautar, yagaji Mahaifinsa a matsayin sarkin daular na 125th daya daga cikin sarakan dake dadaddun daulolin masu mulki. Gwamnatin kasar Japan ta sanar da cewar Akihito zaibar mukaminsa a 30 ga watan Afrilun 2019 Naruhito. A Japan ba'a taba kiran sarkin da sunansa na asali amma dai a kiransa ne da nihongo | "Sarki Maimartaba" | 天皇陛下 | Tennō Heika, ko kuma sukan takaita sunan da nihongo|Maimartaba|陛下|Heika}}. A rubuce kuma ana rubuta sunan sarkin da nihongo|"Sarki Maizamani"|今上天皇|Kinjō Tennō. Kuma idan sarkin ya gama mulkinsa kamar yadda aka tsara to za'a masa lakabi da Nihongo|Jōkō|上皇}}, Wanda ake takaitawa da Nihongo| Daijō Tennō |太上天皇|, sannan kuma zamanin wani sabon sarki yafara. Akihito an haife shi a fadar sarautar Tokyo, Japan, kuma shine babban da namiji amma kuma na biyar daga cikin yayan sarki Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) da matansa Empress Kōjun (Nagako).