Jun'ichi Miyakawa

I'll be honest — a temple-born Buddhist studies graduate who ended up running SoftBank is the kind of path that makes me more curious rather than less. He reportedly got the itch for business while working at a bar to pay his tuition and watching the executives who came in. I respect that kind of self-made route to the top.

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Jun'ichi Miyakawa is a Japanese business executive born on December 1, 1965, in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. A graduate in Buddhist studies from Hanazono University, he is president and CEO of SoftBank Corp. and of MONET Technologies, chairs the Telecommunications Carriers Association, and previously served as chief operating officer of Sprint. He is known as one of Masayoshi Son's successors.

Name (English)

Jun'ichi Miyakawa

Name (Japanese)

宮川潤一

Reading

みやかわ じゅんいち

Born

December 1, 1965 (age 60)

Origin

Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Businessperson

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Snake

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Tags

• From Aichi Prefecture

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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