Background
Born as Prince Hirohide (博英王, Hirohide-ō), the 4th son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, he was the younger brother of Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi, Prince Kachō Hirotada and Marquis Kachō Hironobu.
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Born as Prince Hirohide (博英王, Hirohide-ō), the 4th son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, he was the younger brother of Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi, Prince Kachō Hirotada and Marquis Kachō Hironobu.
On 1 April 1936, by order of Emperor Hirohito, he was allowed to establish his own household after renouncing his imperial title, and was created a count (hakushaku) under the kazoku peerage system. A graduate of the 62nd class of the Imperial Japanese Navy Academy, Fushimi Hirohide opted to pursue a military career, and rose to the rank of lieutenant commander. During World World War II, on 21 August 1943 while serving with the IJN 3nd Combined Communications Brigade, he was killed in action when his aircraft was shot down over the Gulf of Boni, Sulawesi in the Netherlands East Indies.
His grave is located at Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo.
(by Hisako) Fushimi Mōtoko, born 11 August 1937. Married Dōmoto Taizō.
In October 1932, he served as a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan.