Heir

"Heir" in Japanese

相続人

sōzokunin

(one who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another)

継承者

keishōsha

(one who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another)

継承者

keishōsha

(one who inherits, or has been designated to inherit, a hereditary title or office)

継承者

keishōsha

(successor in a role)

跡取り

atotori

(one who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.