19 Facts About Dewi Sukarno

Ratna Sari Dewi Sukarno, widely known in Japan as Dewi Fujin is a Japanese businesswoman, socialite, and television personality.

Dewi Sukarno was one of the wives of the first President of Indonesia, Sukarno.

Dewi Sukarno's father was a carpenter, who passed away when she was 15.

Sukarno gave her the Indonesian name "Ratna Sari Dewi Sukarno"; derived from Javanese-Sanskrit which means "the jewel essence of a goddess".

Dewi Sukarno was eventually overthrown by General Suharto in 1967 and died three years later.

The widowed Dewi Sukarno moved to Europe after Sukarno's ousting and has since lived in different countries, including three years in Switzerland, ten years in France, and another decade in the United States.

Dewi Sukarno makes a living doing part-time jobs, appearing on Japanese television and has served as a judge for a beauty contest, as in the Miss International 2005 pageant held in Tokyo.

Dewi Sukarno is well known for her sculpted beauty and often claims to have not had the facelifts and plastic surgery that her doctor has rumored performing.

In Japanese media, Dewi Sukarno has become known for her outspoken personality.

In January 1992, Dewi Sukarno became involved in a much-publicised altercation at a party in Aspen, Colorado, United States with fellow international socialite and heiress, Minnie Osmena.

Osmena needed 37 stitches to seal the gash, while Dewi Sukarno was later detained for 34 days in Aspen for disorderly conduct.

In 1997, the New York Daily News published anonymous rumors that Dewi Sukarno had been involved in a "hair-pulling tiff" at a Halloween party with Kaethe Schuchter, a companion of fraudulent money manager Martin Frankel.

Immediately afterward, Dewi Sukarno came out to confront the right-wingers, which resulted in a heated argument.

In July 2012, in response to a bullying incident at Otsu City Ojiyama Junior High School, which resulted in the suicide of a student, Dewi Sukarno published names and photos of a woman who was the supposed bully and people who appeared to be related to her in a blog post.

Dewi Sukarno claimed that the judgment was unfair and that she would fight it all the way to the Supreme Court, but an undisclosed settlement was later reached at the Osaka High Court.

Until February 2025, Dewi Sukarno was an Indonesian national, being registered on the Permanent Elector's Roll of the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Tokyo as of 2008.

Since the ousting of her husband, Dewi Sukarno has had little involvement with Indonesian politics.

In 2011, Dewi Sukarno ran an online petition to disinherit then-crown prince Naruhito and make his younger brother Fumihito heir to the throne.

On February 12,2025, Dewi Sukarno announced the establishment of the 12 Peace Party, which she co-founded with animal rights activist Horiike Hiroshi of the World Dog Alliance.