His classmates in the Gakushuin Primary School included Prince Tanehito ARISUGAWANOMIYA, Prince Naruhisa KITASHIRAKAWANOMIYA, Prince Yoshiteru KITASHIRAKAWANOMIYA (later demoted to commoner under the name Marquis Teruhisa KOMATSU) and Prince Yasuhiko ASAKANOMIYA.
学習院初等科の同期生に、有栖川宮栽仁王、北白川宮成久王、北白川宮喜輝王（のちに臣籍降下し侯爵小松輝久）、朝香宮鳩彦王がいた。