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Kei Komuro

Kei Komuro

Kei Komuro is an associate at a Law firm in Tokyo who plans to marry Princess Mako. [1]

Personal Life & Activities

Photo of Kei dressed for a formal meeting.

Photo of Kei dressed for a formal meeting.

He attended International Christian University in Tokyo which is where he met his future girlfriend, Princess Mako. [1]

He once worked as "Prince of the Sea", promoting tourism at the Shonan beaches in Kanagawa Prefecture in 2010.

[1]

Kei currently lives in Kohoku Ward in Yokohama, a few miles from Tokyo.

Career

A former bank employee, Komuro has been working for a law firm since spring of 2016.

He currently attends the Hitotsubashi University’s Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, and majors in business law. He has not yet qualified as a lawyer. [1]

Relationship With Princess Mako

On May 16th, 2017, it was announced that Princess Mako will marry her long time boyfriend, Kei, a commoner who was once a prince himself - A "Prince of the Sea" that is.

"Prince of the sea" was his job title at his previous work for a tourist company in 2010.

In the end, Komuro met with the press in the morning after Imperial Household Agency chief Shinichiro Yamamoto confirmed media reports of their impending engagement at a hastily arranged press conference.

[1]

They are expected to get officially engaged in mid-June at the earliest and marry sometime in 2018, agency sources said.

The 25-year-old princess will become the first to get engaged among the four grandchildren of the emperor and Empress Michiko.

[1]

References

[1]
Citation Linkscmp.comArticle about the identity of Komuro.
May 18, 2017, 4:07 AM
[2]
Citation Linkbbc.comArticle on the BBC.
May 18, 2017, 4:08 AM
[3]
Citation Linkscmp.comArticle about Princess Makoplanning to marry her former classmate.
May 18, 2017, 4:30 AM
[4]
Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comPhoto of Kei.
May 18, 2017, 5:05 AM
[5]
Citation Linkjapantimes.co.jpNews on Japan Timesabout the Marriage.
May 18, 2017, 5:05 AM
[6]
Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.com
Japanese Princess to Marry 'Prince of the Sea'
May 18, 2017, 5:11 AM
[7]
Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comPhoto of Kei dressed for a formal meeting.
May 18, 2017, 5:13 AM
[8]
Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comPhoto of Kei when he worked as a tourist guide circa 2010.
May 18, 2017, 5:13 AM