Kumazawa Hiromichi (熊沢 寛道, December 18, 1889 – June 11, 1966), also known as the "Kumazawa emperor",[1] was a Japanese businessman and Buddhist priest from Nagoya who publicly disputed the legitimacy of Emperor Hirohito's bloodline in the period shortly after the end of the Second World War.

[2] In 1946–1947, Hiromichi was only the first of roughly nineteen men who put themselves forward as Japan's rightful Emperor.

He pointed out that Hirohito's entire line is descended from the Northern Court emperors.

He produced a koseki detailing his bloodline back to Emperor Go-Daigo in Yoshino, but his claims and rhetoric failed to inspire anything other than sympathy.

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