Mamoru Shō

Current head of the Shō family

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Mamoru Shō
尚衞
Shō in 2019
Born	(1950-08-18) 18 August 1950 (age 73) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Businessman
Children	4
Parent(s)	Hiroshi Shō (father) Shō Keiko (mother)

Mamoru Shō (尚衞, Shō Mamoru, born 18 August 1950) is an ethnic Ryukyuan, and the current head of the Shō family, the former Ryūkyūan royal family.

Life

Mamoru Shō was born in Tokyo on 18 August 1950, the eldest son of Hiroshi Shō. After graduating from Tamagawa University, he obtained an MBA from Samford University.^[1]^[2]

He is the great-great-grandson of Shō Tai, the last king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and became the Shō Family Head upon the death of his father on 30 August 1996.^[3]^[4] In May 2019, he established the Ryukyu History and Culture Inheritance Promotion Association and serves as its representative director. He has also donated a number of family documents and artefacts to Naha City for preservation.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Family

Shō has three daughters and a son named Takeshi, who is the heir apparent to the Shō family.^{[citation needed]} He lives in Ise City, Mie Prefecture.^[9]

Ancestry

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Ancestors of Mamoru Shō

16. Shō Tai, King of Ryūkyū, 1st Marquess Shō (1843–1901)

8. Shō Ten, Prince of Nakagusuku, 2nd Marquess Shō (1864–1920)

17. Kuwayasushiru

4. Shō Shō, 3rd Marquess Shō (1888–1923)

18. Kintake Asaoda

9. Kintake Shōko (b. 1865)

2. Shō Hiroshi, 4th Marquess Shō (1918–1996)

20. Ogasawara Tadatoshi, 9th Lord of Kokura (1827–1865)

10. Count Ogasawara Tadanobu, 10th Lord of Kokura (1862–1897)

21. Yanagisawa

5. Lady Ogasawara Momoko (1896–1950)

22. Uesugi Narinori, 12th Lord of Yonezawa (1820–1889)

11. Uesugi Junko (1866–1901)

23. Suzuki (1826–1903)

1. Shō Mamoru

6. Murase Shinzaburo

3. Murase Keiko (born 1920)

References

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^ 尚満喜 (April 2019). "遥かなる伊勢の地より、沖縄の安寧を願う – OKINAWA41". OKINAWA41. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
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