Kenji Ōtsubo

Kenji Otsubo is a businessman born in 1944 in Minami-Uonuma, Niigata, who crossed to the United States in 1968 and built his career in New York. He founded a consulting firm and a real estate company there, helped start the Niigata association in New York, and later served as Montenegro's honorary consul in Japan, all while keeping close ties to his hometown. There's something genuinely respectable about that.

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Kenji Ōtsubo is a Japanese businessman born on May 25, 1944, in Minamiuonuma, Niigata Prefecture. He graduated from Nihon University. After moving to the United States in 1968 and studying at business schools including Stanford and Wharton, he settled in New York, where he founded the consulting firm Otsubo International in 1981 and Otsubo Realty in 1985. He served as honorary consul of Montenegro in Japan from 2011.

Name (English)

Kenji Ōtsubo

Name (Japanese)

大坪賢次

Reading

おおつぼ けんじ

Born

May 25, 1944 (age 82)

Origin

Minamiuonuma, Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Businessman

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Monkey

University

Nihon University

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E5%9D%AA%E8%B3%A2%E6%AC%A1
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11433740

Tags

• From Niigata Prefecture
• Businessman

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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