Draft:List of guests at the enthronement of Naruhito

The enthronement of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako was attended by around 3,000 guests from Japan and abroad, who were present for a proclamation ceremony at the Tokyo Imperial Palace on 22 October 2019.

Representatives of 174 countries, including several heads of state and government, were reported to have attended. Visiting foreign guests were hosted at the Hotel New Otani in Tokyo, and were also invited to attend bilateral meetings with the concurrent prime minister, Shinzo Abe, and a state banquet hosted by the new emperor.

Imperial Family

 * The Crown Prince and Crown Princess Akishino, the Emperor's brother and sister-in-law
 * Princess Mako of Akishino, the Emperor's niece
 * Princess Kako of Akishino, the Emperor's niece
 * The Former Princess Nori and Yoshiki Kuroda, the Emperor's sister and brother-in-law


 * Other descendants of Emperor Shōwa
 * The Prince and Princess Hitachi, the Emperor's paternal uncle and aunt
 * The Former Princess Yori, the Emperor's paternal aunt
 * The Former Princess Suga and Hisanaga Shimazu, the Emperor's paternal aunt and uncle


 * Other descendants of Emperor Taishō
 * The Prince Mikasa's family:
 * Princess Tomohito of Mikasa, widow of the Emperor's first cousin once removed
 * Princess Akiko of Mikasa, the Emperor's second cousin
 * Princess Yōko of Mikasa, the Emperor's second cousin
 * The Princess Takamado, widow of the Emperor's first cousin once removed
 * Princess Tsuguko of Takamado, the Emperor's second cousin
 * Former Princess Noriko of Takamado, the Emperor's second cousin
 * Former Princess Ayako of Takamado and Kei Moriya, the Emperor's second cousin and her husband
 * Former Princess Yasuko of Mikasa and Tadateru Konoe, the Emperor's first cousin once removed and her husband
 * Former Princess Masako of Mikasa and Masayuki Sen, the Emperor's first cousin once removed and her husband

Politicians

 * Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan
 * Yoshirō Mori, former Prime Minister of Japan (2000–2001)
 * Junichiro Koizumi, former Prime Minister of Japan (2001–2006)
 * Yasuo Fukuda, former Prime Minister of Japan (2007–2008)
 * Tarō Asō, former Prime Minister of Japan (2008–2009)
 * Yoshihiko Noda, former Prime Minister of Japan (2011–2012)
 * Tadamori Ōshima, Speaker of the House of Representatives
 * Akiko Santō, President of the House of Councillors
 * Naoto Ōtani, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Members of reigning royal houses

 * 🇧🇭 The Crown Prince of Bahrain (representing the King of Bahrain)
 * 🇧🇪 The King and Queen of Belgium
 * 🇧🇹 The King and Queen of Bhutan
 * The Sultan of Brunei
 * Prince Abdul Mateen of Brunei
 * 🇰🇭 The King of Cambodia
 * 🇰🇭 Princess Norodom Arunrasmy of Cambodia
 * 🇩🇰 The Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Denmark (representing the Queen of Denmark)
 * The King of Eswatini
 * 🇯🇴 The Crown Prince of Jordan (representing the King of Jordan)
 * 🇰🇼 Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah, former Prime Minister of Kuwait (representing the Emir of Kuwait)
 * 🇱🇸 The King and Queen of Lesotho
 * 🇱🇮 The Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein (representing the Prince of Liechtenstein)
 * 🇱🇺 The Grand Duke of Luxembourg
 * 🇲🇾 The Yang di-Pertuan Agong and Raja Permaisuri Agong of Malaysia
 * 🇲🇨 The Prince of Monaco
 * 🇲🇦 Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco (representing the King of Morocco)
 * 🇳🇱 The King and Queen of the Netherlands
 * 🇳🇴 The Crown Prince of Norway (representing the King of Norway)
 * 🇴🇲 Sayyid Asa'ad bin Tariq Al Said, Deputy Prime Minister of Oman (representing the Sultan of Oman)
 * 🇶🇦 The Emir of Qatar
 * 🇸🇦 Prince Turki bin Mohammed Al Saud of Saudi Arabia (representing the King of Saudi Arabia)
 * 🇪🇸 The King and Queen of Spain
 * 🇸🇪 The King of Sweden
 * 🇸🇪 The Crown Princess of Sweden
 * 🇹🇴 The King and Queen of Tonga
 * 🇦🇪 Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi (representing the President of the United Arab Emirates)
 * 🇬🇧 The Prince of Wales (representing the Queen of the United Kingdom)

Heads of state and government

 * Ashraf Ghani, President of Afghanistan, and First Lady Rula Ghani
 * 🇦🇱 Ilir Meta, President of Albania
 * 🇦🇲 Armen Sarkissian, President of Armenia
 * 🇦🇹 Alexander Van der Bellen, President of Austria, and First Lady Doris Schmidauer
 * 🇧🇦 Željko Komšić, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * 🇧🇷 Jair Bolsonaro, President of Brazil
 * 🇧🇬 Rumen Radev, President of Bulgaria
 * 🇨🇲 Joseph Ngute, Prime Minister of Cameroon
 * 🇨🇻 Jorge Carlos Fonseca, President of Cape Verde
 * 🇰🇲 Azali Assoumani, President of the Comoros
 * 🇨🇿 Andrej Babiš, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
 * 🇪🇪 Kersti Kaljulaid, President of Estonia
 * 🇫🇯 Jioji Konrote, President of Fiji
 * 🇫🇮 Sauli Niinistö, President of Finland
 * 🇩🇪 Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of Germany
 * 🇬🇹 Jimmy Morales, President of Guatemala
 * 🇭🇺 János Áder, President of Hungary
 * 🇮🇸 Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, President of Iceland
 * 🇮🇳 Ram Nath Kovind, President of India, and First Lady Savita Kovind
 * Alassane Ouattara, President of Ivory Coast
 * 🇰🇪 Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya, and First Lady Margaret Kenyatta
 * Hashim Thaçi, President of Kosovo
 * 🇰🇬 Sooronbay Jeenbekov, President of Kyrgyzstan
 * 🇱🇻 Egils Levits, President of Latvia
 * 🇱🇹 Gitanas Nausėda, President of Lithuania
 * 🇲🇻 Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, President of Maldives
 * 🇲🇭 Hilda Heine, President of the Marshall Islands
 * 🇫🇲 David Panuelo, President of the Federated States of Micronesia
 * 🇲🇳 Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh, Prime Minister of Mongolia, and Luvsandorjiin Bolortsetseg
 * 🇲🇪 Milo Đukanović, President of Montenegro
 * 🇲🇲 Aung San Suu Kyi, State Councillor of Myanmar
 * 🇳🇷 Lionel Aingimea, President of Nauru
 * 🇳🇵 Bidya Devi Bhandari, President of Nepal
 * 🇳🇪 Mahamadou Issoufou, President of Niger, and First Lady Aïssata Issoufou Mahamadou
 * 🇵🇰 Arif Alvi, President of Pakistan
 * Mahmoud Abbas, President of Palestine
 * 🇵🇼 Thomas Remengesau Jr., President of Palau
 * 🇵🇦 Laurentino Cortizo, President of Panama
 * 🇵🇭 Rodrigo Duterte, President of the Philippines, and partner Honeylet Avanceña
 * 🇷🇴 Klaus Iohannis, President of Romania
 * 🇼🇸 Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II, O le Ao o le Malo of Samoa, and Masiofo Faʻamausili Leinafo
 * 🇸🇬 Halimah Yacob, President of Singapore
 * 🇸🇰 Zuzana Čaputová, President of Slovakia
 * 🇸🇮 Borut Pahor, President of Slovenia
 * 🇹🇭 Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of Thailand, and Naraporn Chan-o-cha
 * 🇹🇬 Faure Gnassingbé, President of Togo
 * 🇹🇲 Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, President of Turkmenistan
 * 🇺🇦 Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, and First Lady Olena Zelenska
 * Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, Prime Minister of Vietnam

Government representatives

 * 🇦🇩 Maria Ubach i Font, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Andorra
 * 🇦🇷 Gabriela Michetti, Vice President of Argentina
 * 🇦🇺 General David Hurley, Governor-General of Australia
 * 🇧🇧 Dame Sandra Mason, Governor-General of Barbados
 * 🇧🇿 Sir Colville Young, Governor-General of Belize
 * 🇨🇦 Richard Wagner, Chief Justice of Canada
 * 🇨🇳 Wang Qishan, Vice President of the People's Republic of China
 * 🇨🇴 Carlos Holmes Trujillo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia
 * 🇨🇾 Andri Moustakoudes, First Lady of Cyprus
 * 🇪🇬 Khaled al-Anani, Minister of Antiquities of Egypt
 * 🇸🇻 Félix Ulloa, Vice President of El Salvador
 * 🇬🇦 Faustin Boukoubi, President of the National Assembly of Gabon
 * Mariam Jack-Denton, Speaker of the National Assembly of The Gambia
 * 🇬🇳 Saloum Cissé, First Vice-President of the National Assembly of Guinea
 * 🇭🇹 Bocchit Edmond, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship of Haiti
 * Cardinal Francesco Monterisi, cardinal-deacon of San Paolo alla Regola (representing the Pope)
 * 🇮🇩 Ma'ruf Amin, Vice President of Indonesia
 * 🇮🇷 Laya Joneydi, Vice President for Legal Affairs of Iran
 * 🇮🇪 Denis O'Donovan, Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann (president of the Senate of Ireland)
 * 🇮🇹 Elisabetta Casellati, President of the Senate of the Republic of Italy
 * 🇯🇲 Tom Tavares-Finson, President of the Senate of Jamaica
 * 🇰🇷 Lee Nak-yon, Prime Minister of South Korea
 * Phankham Viphavanh, Vice President of Laos
 * 🇲🇽 Olga Sánchez Cordero, Secretary of the Interior of Mexico
 * 🇲🇿 Verónica Macamo, President of the National Assembly of Mozambique
 * 🇳🇿 Dame Patsy Reddy, Governor-General of New Zealand
 * 🇳🇮 Denis Moncada, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua
 * 🇳🇬 Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation of Nigeria
 * Andrej Žernovski, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia
 * 🇴🇲 Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Oman
 * 🇵🇼 Faustina K. Rehuher-Marugg, Minister of State of Palau
 * 🇵🇬 Sir Bob Dadae, Governor-General of Papua New Guinea
 * 🇵🇾 Hugo Velázquez Moreno, Vice President of Paraguay
 * 🇵🇪 Francisco Petrozzi, Minister of Culture of Peru
 * 🇷🇺 Ilyas Umakhanov, Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council of Russia
 * 🇸🇳 Amadou Hott, Minister of Economy, Planning and International Cooperation of Senegal
 * 🇸🇨 Vincent Meriton, Vice President of Seychelles
 * 🇸🇴 Abdulkadir Ahmed Kheyr Abdi, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Somalia
 * 🇿🇦 Candith Mashego-Dlamini, Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa
 * 🇨🇭 Viola Amherd, Federal Councillor of Switzerland
 * 🇹🇿 George Mkuchika, Minister of State in the President's Office for Public Service and Good Governance of Tanzania
 * 🇹🇷 Mehmet Ersoy, Minister of Culture and Tourism of Turkey
 * 🇹🇻 Simon Kofe, Minister for Justice, Communication and Foreign Affairs of Tuvalu
 * 🇺🇬 Ephraim Kamuntu, Minister of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities of Uganda
 * 🇺🇸 Elaine Chao, Secretary of Transportation of the United States
 * 🇺🇾 Rodolfo Nin Novoa, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay

Subnational representatives

 * 🇭🇰 Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of Hong Kong (China)
 * 🇨🇰 Sir Tom Marsters, Queen's Representative to the Cook Islands (New Zealand)

Former state leaders

 * 🇨🇱 Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, former President of Chile (1994–2000)
 * 🇪🇹 Mulatu Teshome, former President of Ethiopia (2013–2018)
 * 🇫🇷 Nicolas Sarkozy, former President of France (2007–2012)
 * 🇰🇿 Nursultan Nazarbayev, former President (1990–2019) and Chairman of the Security Council of Kazakhstan
 * 🇵🇹 Aníbal Cavaco Silva, former President of Portugal (2006–2016)

Diplomats

 * 🇮🇱 Yaffa Ben-Ari, Ambassador of Israel to Japan
 * Frank Hsieh, Representative of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to Japan

Absences

 * The Emperor Emeritus and Empress Emerita did not attend the enthronement ceremony itself, participating only at a tea party reception held by Naruhito for foreign royalty the following day.
 * The governments of Syria and North Korea, the latter of which does not maintain diplomatic relations with Japan, were not invited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to attend.