Susumu Koyama

Honestly, the combination of "pastry chef" and "entrepreneur" born in Kyoto in 1964 tells you almost everything you need to know about Susumu Koyama — this is a guy who didn't just fall into making beautiful things, he built a business around it. Growing up in Kyoto, a city where food culture runs impossibly deep and the standards for sweets and tea ceremony aesthetics are almost absurdly high, you don't come out of that without a seriously calibrated palate. He came of age right through Japan's bubble economy years, which means he probably saw both the excess and the crash, and made it through with something lasting. The fact that he keeps a relatively low personal profile for someone with his level of craft feels very on-brand — real craftspeople tend to let the work do the talking. Still active on Instagram, still putting it out there. That kind of quiet consistency over decades is underrated.

Susumu Koyama is a Japanese pastry chef and entrepreneur born on February 6, 1964, in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. He built a career spanning both the craft of patisserie and the business side of the confectionery world. Few personal details are publicly available, though he maintains an active presence on Instagram. He was born in the Year of the Dragon under the Aquarius zodiac sign.

Name (English)

Susumu Koyama

Name (Japanese)

小山進

Reading

こやま すすむ

Born

February 6, 1964 (age 62)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Dragon

Origin

Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Pastry Chef / Entrepreneur

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/es_koyama/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E5%B1%B1%E9%80%B2

Tags

• From Kyoto Prefecture
• Pastry Chef
• Entrepreneur

Last updated

2026-06-02

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