HIH Prince Kaya Tsunenori | |
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Native name | 賀陽宮恒憲王 |
Born | Tokyo, Japan | July 23, 1900
Died | January 3, 1978 Chiba Prefecture, Japan | (aged 77)
Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
Service | Imperial Japanese Army |
Years of service | 1920-1945 |
Rank | Lieutenant General |
Battles / wars | World War II |
Prince Kaya Tsunenori (賀陽宮恒憲王, Kaya no miya Tsunenori ō, July 23, 1900 – January 3, 1978), was the second head of the Kaya-no-miya collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family. A general in the Imperial Japanese Army, he was first cousin to Empress Kōjun (Nagako), the wife of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito).