Makoto Takahashi

Makoto Takahashi is the kind of person who built a career the old-fashioned way — no shortcut, no hype. Born in Otsu, Shiga in 1961, he made it through Yokohama National University, then quietly climbed his way into the upper ranks of KDDI, one of Japan's biggest telecoms. He's not the type to be splashed across gossip magazines, and honestly that's kind of refreshing. Every time I tap my phone and it just works, I think there's probably someone exactly like Takahashi-san somewhere in the background making that possible.

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Makoto Takahashi is a Japanese businessman born in 1961 in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture. He graduated from Yokohama National University with a degree in metallurgical engineering. He joined Kyocera in 1984, was seconded the same year to DDI (now KDDI), became president of KDDI in 2018 and has been its chairman since April 2025.

Name (English)

Makoto Takahashi

Name (Japanese)

髙橋誠

Reading

たかはし まこと

Born

October 24, 1961 (age 65)

Origin

Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Businessman

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Ox

High school

Shiga Prefectural Zeze High School

University

Yokohama National University

• Xhttps://x.com/makjob
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AB%99%E6%A9%8B%E8%AA%A0%20(KDDI)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56253300

Tags

• From Shiga Prefecture
• Businessman

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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