Background
Born as Prince Fushimi Hironobu, the third son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, he was also the younger brother of Prince Kachō Hirotada.
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Born as Prince Fushimi Hironobu, the third son of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, he was also the younger brother of Prince Kachō Hirotada.
Naval War College; Imperial Japanese Naval Academy.
As Prince Hirotada died without heirs, the Kachō-no-miya household became extinct. Prince Hironobu was appointed to perpetuate the Kachō name, in order to ensure that the proper familial and ancestral rites were performed, but his status was devolved in December 1926 to the peerage title of marquis (kōshaku) under the kazoku peerage system. A career officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy, Prince Hironobu graduated from the 53rd class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy.
He served his midshipman tour on the cruiser Iwate, and as a sub-lieutenant on the battleship Yamashiro.
In 1932, he was assigned to the cruiser Atago. He subsequently served as chief torpedo officer on the destroyers Akebono and Sazanami, rising to the rank of commander.
In 1935, he served for a session in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. In 1939, he was appointed superintendent of the Naval War College, and remained in that post through World World War II, retiring in November 1945.
The couple had two sons:
Kachō Hiromichi
Kachō Hirotaka (who was adopted by Count Fushimi Hirohide)
His palatial residence in Kamakura, Kanagawa (built in 1929) survives, and was donated to the city of Kamakura in 1996.
Imperial House of Japan.