Kota Matsuda

Kota Matsuda is one of those rare figures who actually made two completely different careers work — he built Tully's Coffee into a real presence in Japan from scratch, then walked away from the boardroom to run for the Senate. Born in Shiogama, a working harbor town in Miyagi, there's something about that origin that feels fitting: no-nonsense, practical, not the kind of place that produces people who coast on family names. University of Tsukuba, then the grind of entrepreneurship, then politics — it's an unusual ladder and I kind of respect the nerve it takes to climb it twice. His Sagittarius energy is right there on the surface: idealistic, restless, always convinced there's a better way to do things. Whether you agree with his politics or not, the guy clearly doesn't sit still, and in a system full of career lifers that alone is at least interesting.

Kota Matsuda is a Japanese politician born on December 3, 1968, in Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture. He studied at the University of Tsukuba. He is a Sagittarius born in the Year of the Monkey.

Name (English)

Kota Matsuda

Name (Japanese)

松田公太

Reading

まつだ こうた

Born

December 3, 1968 (age 57)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Year of the Monkey

Origin

Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Politician

University

University of Tsukuba

Motto

Private

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%BE%E7%94%B0%E5%85%AC%E5%A4%AA

Tags

• From Miyagi Prefecture
• Politician

Last updated

2026-06-02

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