The List of Japanese ambassadors to Cuba started when Kanda Jōtarō presented his credentials to the Cuban government in 1957.
Japan and Cuba established diplomatic relations in 1930, but it was not until 1953 that a Japanese legation was opened in Havana.
List This is a chronological list of Japanese diplomats.Nihon Gaikoshi Jiten, appendix (1992). p. 109.
Inaugural dateOfficial position (Japanese)Official positionName (Japanese)Name25 November 1953臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim井沢 実Izawa Minoru27 March 1956臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim福島 茂吉Fukushima Shigeyoshi10 July 1957特命全権大使Ambassador神田 襄太郎Kanda Jōtarō3 January 1960臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim片岡 孝三郎Kataoka Kōzaburō26 March 1961特命全権大使Ambassador都村 新次郎Tsumura Shinjirō28 September 1962臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim片岡 孝三郎Kataoka Kōzaburō26 October 1962特命全権大使Ambassador矢口 麓蔵Yaguchi Rokurō2 April 1966臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim兼田 晴重Kaneda Harushige 9 January 1967特命全権大使Ambassador佐藤 崎人Satō Sakito28 July 1969臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim伊藤 武好Itō Takeyoshi 4 August 1969特命全権大使Ambassador近藤 四郎Kondō Shirō7 August 1972臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim堅山 道助Tateyama Michisuke20 October 1972特命全権大使Ambassador片岡 秋Kataoka Osamu21 February 1975臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim堅山 道助Tateyama Michisuke1 April 1975特命全権大使Ambassador奈良 賀男Nara Yoshio16 May 1977臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim長田 光雄Nagada Mitsuo13 July 1977特命全権大使Ambassador穂崎 巧Hozaki Takumi12 February 1981臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim平松 弘行Hiramatsu Hiroyuki 27 February 1981特命全権大使Ambassador塚本 政雄Tsukamoto Masao24 October 1983臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim久保 光弘Kubo Mitsuhiro28 December 1983特命全権大使Ambassador馬淵 晴之Mabuchi Haruyuki 14 January 1987臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim鈴木 邦治Suzuki Kuniji11 March 1987特命全権大使Ambassador井出 亮Ide Ryō
See also Cuba–Japan relations Diplomatic rank
References
Further reading Nihon Gaikoshi Jiten, "Dictionary of Japanese Diplomatic History" (Tokyo: Yamakawa Shuppansha, 1992)