(b. Oct. 24, 1902 - d. Aug. 28, 1996) was a Japanese diplomat.

Served as Japanese Consul in Hong Kong in May–June 1941.Hong Kong Government Gazette, May 9, 1941 In November 1951, arrived at Taiwan as Chief of the Japanese Government Overseas Office, as diplomatic relations were not established yet.CIA Daily Digest, November 9, 1951 In 1952, took part in peace negotiations with the government of China on Taiwan. Upon the reestablishment of Japanese Embassy in Taipei, he served as Counselor of the embassy from 1952 to 1953. In 1957, upon the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between the governments of Japan and Czechoslovakia, was appointed Japanese Ambassador to that country, and served in that position until 1961. In 1961 represented Japan at the World Meteorological Organization. In 1963, he became the new Japanese ambassador to Chinahttps://taiwantoday.tw/Politics/Taiwan-Review/7174/index before moving to South Korea in 1966, and served in that position until 1968.Seung K. Ko, "South Korean-Japanese Relations since the 1965 Normalization Pacts" Modern Asian Studies, Vol. 6, No. 1 (1972), pp. 49-61

See also List of ambassadors of Japan to Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic

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