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Kenichiro Matsuoka was born on 13 June, 1914 in Washington, D.C., United States, is a Japanese media executive (1914–1994). Discover Kenichiro Matsuoka's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 80 years old?

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Occupation Media Executive
Age 80 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 13 June 1914
Birthday 13 June
Birthplace Washington, D.C., United States
Date of death 23 December, 1994
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Nationality United States

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Kenichiro Matsuoka (松岡 謙一郎) was a Japanese media executive.

He founded and served as the first President of Japan Cable Television, and as a Vice President of Asahi Broadcasting Company (now TV Asahi).

The eldest son of Japanese foreign minister Yōsuke Matsuoka, Kenichiro was born in the United States while his father was First Secretary of the Embassy of Japan, Washington, D.C., attended Gyōsei High School and Tokyo Imperial University, majoring in Political Science and Law.

When his father took over leadership of the South Manchuria Railway (Mantetsu), Kenichiro became involved with the Manchukuo Film Association (Man'ei), formed in partnership with Mantetsu.

Through Man'ei, Kenichiro would meet Negishi Kanichi and Masahiko Amakasu, who gave him experience in building a film studio from the ground up.

Kenichiro would also meet the popular pre-war Japanese actress Yoshiko Yamaguchi, whom Yamaguchi would write in her biography "Ri Kōran: My Half Life", to be her first love.

They would meet again after the war, at which time Kenichiro attempted to rekindle the relationship, but by then, Yamaguchi was already involved with the noted designer Isamu Noguchi.

1911

Yōsuke's sister Fujie was widowed in 1911 with two young girls, whom Yosuke supported as if his own.

One of those nieces, Hiroko, married future Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Satō, and ties Kenichiro to the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the Abe political dynasty through Abe's maternal grandfather, Nobusuke Kishi, Eisaku's older brother.

Wikipedia Japan article on Kenichiro Matsuoka - (jp:松岡謙一郎)

1941

Graduating Tokyo Imperial University in 1941, there was talk of Kenichiro attending school in America to defuse any suspicion of Japan's war ambitions, and he would join the state run news agency Dōmei Tsushin that would be broken up by Allied forces during the Occupation of Japan.

During the war, he would also serve as an accounting officer for the Imperial Navy, and followed Yōnosuke Natori to the Sun News Photo agency following Dōmei's breakup.

1957

In 1957, Matsuoka joined the fledgling Nippon Educational Television Board (NET) television network.

NET courted Matsuoka for his knowledge of foreign culture and fluency in English and French, having been born in the United States, studied in Paris, and experienced with Mantetsu.

He was able to watch foreign programming in its original format and was responsible for licensing Rawhide and Laramie, gaining high ratings for the new network, and giving them an advantage over rivals NHK and Fuji TV.

1977

By the time NET parent company Asahi Shimbun would rebrand the network as Asahi Broadcasting Corporation in 1977, Matsuoka would be promoted to Executive Vice President (Fuku-shacho) at Asahi Broadcasting Co, serve as a founder of Japan Cable Television, and act as its first president, a position he held until his retirement in 1986.

Kenichiro was portrayed in the film Ri Kōran by Fukami Motoki.

Kenichiro's father Yōsuke, was a prominent diplomat in pre-war Japan.

Kenichiro's mother Ryuko, was the daughter of an influential kuge judge Shin Soroku, a former retainer of the Chōshū clan, and a beneficiary of their outsized influence in the Meiji Restoration that helped shaped the modern Japanese Government.