Mamoru Shō
{{Short description|Current head of former Okinawan royal family}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Family name hatnote|Shō|lang=Okinawan}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Mamoru Shō
| image = Mamoru Sho 02.jpg
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| caption = Shō in 2019
| native_name = {{lang|ja|尚 衞}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1950|08|18}}
| birth_place = Tokyo, Japan
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| native_name_lang = zh
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| occupation = Businessman
| spouse =
| children = 4
| parents = Hiroshi Shō (father)
Shō Keiko (mother)
}}
{{nihongo|Mamoru Shō|尚 衞|Shō Mamoru|extra=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.{{cite web|author=尚衞|date=2019-05-29|title=うらおそいよりしよりに～【特別寄稿③ 尚本家第23代当主 尚衞】 – OKINAWA41|url=https://www.okinawa41.go.jp/reports/21346/|website=OKINAWA41|accessdate=2019-06-01}}{{Cite web|title=Mamoru Shō {{!}} Academic Influence|url=https://academicinfluence.com/people/mamoru-sh|access-date=2021-11-28|website=academicinfluence.com|language=en}}
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.{{Cite news|date=2018-04-06|title=尚本家が玉陵で清明祭 尚衞さん「40年ぶり」 - 琉球新報 - 沖縄の新聞、地域のニュース|newspaper=琉球新報|publisher=琉球新報社|url=https://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/entry-695769.html|accessdate=2019-02-07}}{{Cite web|date=2018-04-09|title=琉球朝日放送 報道制作部 Qプラス » Qプラスリポート「尚家の清明祭(シーミー)」(1)|url=http://www.qab.co.jp/news/20180409101169.html|publisher=琉球朝日放送|accessdate=2018-05-03}} 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.{{Cite news|date=2018-08-10|title=尚家の資料 253点那覇市へ/尚衞さん寄贈 - 沖縄タイムス＋プラス|newspaper=沖縄タイムス|publisher=沖縄タイムス社|url=https://www.okinawatimes.co.jp/articles/-/297009|accessdate=2019-02-07}}{{Cite news|date=2019-03-21|title=尚家文書41点国宝に 文化審答申 慶賀使節団の日誌も /沖縄 - 毎日新聞|newspaper=毎日新聞|publisher=毎日新聞社|url=https://mainichi.jp/articles/20190321/rky/00m/040/008000c|accessdate=2019-04-15}}{{Cite news|date=2019-03-21|title=那覇市所蔵の尚家資料、国宝に 文化審議会が追加答申 - 沖縄タイムス＋プラス|newspaper=沖縄タイムス|publisher=沖縄タイムス社|url=https://www.okinawatimes.co.jp/articles/-/399071|accessdate=2019-04-15}}{{Cite web|title=41 Sho royal family documents are to become national treasures|url=http://english.ryukyushimpo.jp/2019/03/28/30134/|access-date=2021-11-28|website=Ryukyu Shimpo - Okinawa, Japanese newspaper, local news|language=en-US}}
Family
Shō has three daughters and a son named Takeshi, who he has declined to appoint as his heir apparent, instead endorsing his two adopted sons.{{Cite web |title=尚衛 |url=https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%9A%E8%A1%9E |website=Wikipedia |language=ja |access-date=2025-04-09}}
He lives in Ise City, Mie Prefecture.{{cite web|author=尚満喜|date=April 2019|title=遥かなる伊勢の地より、沖縄の安寧を願う – OKINAWA41|url=https://www.okinawa41.go.jp/reports/19631/|website=OKINAWA41|accessdate=2019-06-01}}
Ancestry
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|1= 1. Shō Mamoru
|2= 2. Shō Hiroshi, 4th Marquess Shō (1918–1996)
|3= 3. Murase Keiko (born 1920)
|4= 4. Shō Shō, 3rd Marquess Shō (1888–1923)
|5= 5. Lady Ogasawara Momoko (1896–1950)
|6= 6. Murase Shinzaburo
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|8= 8. Shō Ten, Prince of Nakagusuku, 2nd Marquess Shō (1864–1920)
|9= 9. Kintake Shōko (b. 1865)
|10= 10. Count Ogasawara Tadanobu, 10th Lord of Kokura (1862–1897)
|11= 11. Uesugi Junko (1866–1901)
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|16= 16. Shō Tai, King of Ryūkyū, 1st Marquess Shō (1843–1901)
|17= 17. Kuwayasushiru
|18= 18. Kintake Asaoda
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|20= 20. Ogasawara Tadatoshi, 9th Lord of Kokura (1827–1865)
|21= 21. Yanagisawa
|22= 22. Uesugi Narinori, 12th Lord of Yonezawa (1820–1889)
|23= 23. Suzuki (1826–1903)
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References
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