Eikō Harada

Honestly, Eikō Harada is one of those Japanese executives I find quietly fascinating, because he came up as an engineer and then spent a career parachuting into big foreign-flavored businesses to shake them awake. The Nagasaki kid from Sasebo, Tokai University grad, who ended up steering Apple's Japan operation and then famously taking the wheel at McDonald's Japan as the turnaround guy. I love that profile: not a smooth, glad-handing salesman type, but a numbers-and-logic operator who walks in cold and starts changing things. I don't know him personally, but the vibe I get is a tough, unsentimental fixer who'd rather be respected than liked, and somehow I respect that.

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Eikō Harada is a Japanese businessman and engineer born on December 3, 1948, in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture. He graduated from Tokai University and built his career navigating the world of major corporations, becoming known as a decisive corporate reformer. His background as an engineer-turned-executive gave him a reputation for applying analytical rigor to organizational transformation.

Name (English)

Eikō Harada

Name (Japanese)

原田泳幸

Reading

はらだ えいこう

Born

December 3, 1948 (age 77)

Origin

Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Businessman / Engineer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Rat

University

Tokai University

• Official sitehttps://eikoh-harada.com/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8E%9F%E7%94%B0%E6%B3%B3%E5%B9%B8
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5349278

Tags

• From Nagasaki Prefecture
• Businessman
• Engineer

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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