Although the Imperial ranking order for members of the Imperial family is in most part pursuant to the Ordinance of Imperial Nobility implemented pre-war, among siblings, there are cases where the male members take precedence over the female members, and those where the order of birth is weighed more heavily regardless of gender.
皇族の班位は、ほぼ戦前の皇族身位令に準じるものとなっているが、兄弟姉妹間では、女よりも男を優先する場合と、男女関係なく出生順による場合とが見られる。