Eisuke Sakakibara

Honestly, the moment you see "economist and commentator" you just know this is the kind of person who makes you feel slightly undereducated for the next twenty minutes — and I mean that as a compliment. Sakakibara Eisuke earned the nickname "Mr. Yen" back in the late 1990s when he was Japan's Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs, and the currency markets actually moved when this guy talked. That's a rare power. The kind of straight-faced, data-first intellectual who doesn't need to raise his voice because the logic does the work for him. Even if macroeconomics isn't your thing, you end up leaning forward when he speaks.

Eisuke Sakakibara is a Japanese economist and commentator born on March 27, 1941, in Kanagawa Prefecture. He graduated from the University of Tokyo and built a career as a prominent economic scholar and public intellectual. Known for his authoritative commentary on currency and macroeconomic policy, he has been a recognizable voice in Japanese financial discourse.

Name (English)

Eisuke Sakakibara

Name (Japanese)

榊原英資

Reading

さかきばら えいすけ

Born

March 27, 1941 (age 85)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Snake

Origin

Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Economist / Commentator

University

University of Tokyo

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A6%8A%E5%8E%9F%E8%8B%B1%E8%B3%87
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5384340

Tags

• From Kanagawa Prefecture
• Economist
• Commentator

Last updated

2026-06-02

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