Emperors

An Emperor (Tenno) is the highest possible rank of the Japanese Imperial Family, serving as the nation's monarch. Each member of the Imperial family is believed to be a direct descendant of the sun goddess, Ametarusa and as a result, have been praised heavily by Japanese society throughout the many millenniums that they have existed.

**Jomon Period**

1. Emperor Jimmu \*(First Emperor)

2. Emperor Suizei \*(Second Legendary Emperor)

3. Emperor Annei \*(Third Legendary Emperor)

4. Emperor Itoku \*(Fourth Legendary Emperor)

5. Emperor Kosho \*(Fifth Legendary Emperor)

6. Emperor Koan \*(Sixth Legendary Emperor)

**Yayoi Period**

7. Emperor Korei \*(Seventh Legendary Emperor)

8. Emperor Kogen \*(Eighth Legendary Emperor)

9. Emperor Kaika \*(Ninth Legendary Emperor)

10. Emperor Sujin \*(Tenth Legendary Emperor, first one with direct possibility of existence)

11. Emperor Suinin \*(Eleventh Legendary Emperor)

12. Emperor Keiko \*(Twelfth Legendary Emperor)

13. Emperor Seimu \*(Thirteenth Legendary Emperor)

14. Emperor Chuai \*(Fourteenth Legendary Emperor)

**Kofun Period**

15. Emperor Ojin \*(Fifteenth Legendary Emperor, First of the Kofun Period)

16. Emperor Nintoku \*(Sixteenth Legendary Emperor)

17. Emperor Richu \*(Seventeenth Legendary Emperor)

18. Emperor Hanzei \*(Eighteenth Legendary Emperor)

19. Emperor Ingyo \*(Nineteenth Legendary Emperor)

20. Emperor Anko \*(Twentieth Legendary Emperor)

21. Emperor Yuryako \*(Twenty-first Legendary Emperor)

22. Emperor Seinei \*(Twenty-second Legendary Emperor)

23. Emperor Kenzo \*(Twenty-third Legendary Emperor)

24. Emperor Ninken \*(Twenty-fourth Legendary Emperor)

25. Emperor Buretsu \*(Twenty-fifth Legendary Emperor)

26. Emperor Keitai \*(Twenty-sixth Legendary Emperor)

27. Emperor Ankan \*(Twenty-seventh Legendary Emperor)

28. Emperor Senka \*(Twenty-eighth and final legendary Emperor)

29. Emperor Kinmei

**Asuka Period**

30. Emperor Bidatsu

31. Emperor Yomei

32. Emperor Sushun

33. Empress Suiko

34. Emperor Jomei

35. Empress Kogokyu

36. Emperor Kotoku

37. Empress Saimei

38. Emperor Tenji

39. Emperor Kobun

40. Emperor Tenmu

41. Empress Jito

42. Emperor Monmu

**Nara Period**

43. Empress Genmei

44. Empress Gensho

45. Emperor Shomu

46. Empress Koken

47. Emperor Junnin

48. Empress Shotoku

49. Emperor Konin

50. Emperor Kanmu

**Heian Period**

51. Emperor Heizei

52. Emperor Saga

53. Emperor Junna

54. Emperor Ninmyo

55. Emperor Montoku

56. Emperor Seiwa

57. Emperor Yozei

58. Emperor Koko

59. Emperor Uda

60. Emperor Daigo

61. Emperor Suzako

62. Emperor Murakami

63. Emperor Reizei

64. Emperor En'yu

65. Emperor Kazan

66. Emperor Ichijo

67. Emperor Sanjo

68. Emperor Go-Ichijo

69. Emperor Go-Suzaka

70. Emperor Go-Reizei

71. Emperor Go-Sanjo

72. Emperor Shirakawa

73. Emperor Horikawa

74. Emperor Toba

75. Emperor Sutoku

76. Emperor Konoe

77. Emperor Go-Shirikawa

78. Emperor Nijo

79. Emperor Rokujo

80. Emperor Takakura

81. Emperor Antoku

**Kamakura Period**

82. Emperor Go-Toba

83. Emperor Tsuchimakado

84. Emperor Juntoku

85. Emperor Chukyo

86. Emperor Go-Horikawa

87. Emperor Shijo

88. Emperor Go-Saga

89. Emperor Go-Fukakusa

90. Emperor Kameyama

91. Emperor Go-Uda

92. Emperor Fushimi

93. Emperor Go-Fushimi

94. Emperor Go-Nijo

95. Emperor Hanazono

**Muromachi Period**

96. Emperor Go-Daigo

97. Emperor Go-Murakami

98. Emperor Chokei

99. Emperor Go-Kameyama

100. Emperor Go-Komatsu

101. Emperor Shoko

102. Emperor Go-Hanazono

103. Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado

104. Emperor Go-Kashiwabara

105. Emperor Go-Nara

106. Emperor Ogimachi

107. Emperor Go-Yozei

**Edo period**

108. Emperor Go-Mizunoo

109. Empress Meisho

110. Emperor Go-Komyo

111. Emperor Go-Sai

112. Emperor Reigen

113. Emperor Higashiyama

114. Emperor Nakamikado

115. Emperor Sakuramachi

116. Emperor Momozono

117. Empress Go-Sakuramachi

118. Emperor Go-Momozono

119. Emperor Kokaku

120. Emperor Ninko

121. Emperor Komei

**Meiji Restoration Period**

122. Emperor Meiji \*(Abolished the Feudal system, regained power from the Tokugawa Shogunate)

**Tasiho Period**

123. Emperor Taisho \*(Emperor during WW1)

**Showa Period**

124. Emperor Showa (Hirohito) \*(Emperor during WW2)

**Postwar Period**

125. Emperor Akihito

126. Emperor Naruhito \*(Current Emperor)