Emperor Showa — The Emperor in August Character Profile

About Emperor Showa

Led the Imperial military council during the final months of the war. His decision to accept the Potsdam Declaration and his August 15 radio broadcast formally announced Japan's surrender, determining the nation's post-war fate.

Emperor Showa — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Masahiro Motoki

Appears in

The Emperor in August (2015)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (7)

• Emperor Showa — Professional Employer — Tōji Yasui (Kazuhiro Yamaji)

  Emperor employs his Imperial Household Agency official

• Emperor Showa — Professional Employer — Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu (Shinichi Tsutsumi)

  Emperor employs his Chief Cabinet Secretary

• Emperor Showa — Power Sovereign — Naidaijin Kōichi Kido (Kenichi Yajima)

  Emperor and his Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal

• Emperor Showa — Power Sovereign — Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai (Ikuji Nakamura)

  Emperor and his Navy Minister

• Emperor Showa — Power Sovereign — General Korechika Anami (Koji Yakusho)

  Emperor and his Minister of War

• Emperor Showa — Power Sovereign — Prime Minister Kantaro Suzuki (Tsutomu Yamazaki)

  Emperor and his appointed Prime Minister

• Emperor Showa — Family Husband — Empress Kōjun (Yuki Ikenobō)

  Emperor and Empress of Japan

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• Takeo Sasaki (Kenichi Matsuyama)
• Miss Yasuki (Erika Toda)
• Kimiko (Misako Renbutsu)
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