Yutaka Asō

Honestly, I didn't know much about Yutaka Asō going in, and that's kind of what makes him fascinating to me. A Keio grad out of Iizuka in Fukuoka, born right at the start of 1946, he came up in the exact stretch where postwar Japan was rebuilding itself from the ground up, and he quietly built a business life inside all that change. The detail that gets me is the Légion d'honneur, Chevalier rank, from France. That's not a participation trophy you stumble into, so whatever he did, it landed on someone's radar across an ocean. I can't pretend I know the day-to-day of his career, but staying in the game that long says plenty on its own. I picture him steady, low-key, that grounded Kyushu calm. Genuinely the kind of person I'd want to sit across from and just listen to.

Yutaka Asō is a Japanese businessman born on January 1, 1946, in Iizuka, Fukuoka Prefecture. He graduated from Keio University and has spent his career in the business world. He is a recipient of the Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur, one of France's highest civilian honors, reflecting his notable standing in the business community.

Name (English)

Yutaka Asō

Name (Japanese)

麻生泰

Reading

あそう ゆたか

Born

January 1, 1946 (age 80)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Dog (戌)

Origin

Iizuka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Businessman

University

Keio University

Awards & achievements

• Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur (year unknown)

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%BA%BB%E7%94%9F%E6%B3%B0

Tags

• From Fukuoka Prefecture
• Businessman

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.