Einosuke Akiya

Einosuke Akiya
5th President of Soka Gakkai
In office 18 July 1981 – 9 November 2006
Preceded by	Hiroshi Hōjō
Succeeded by	Minoru Harada
Personal details
Born	July 15, 1930 Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
Alma mater	Waseda University

Einosuke Akiya (秋谷 栄之助 Akiya Einosuke, born July 15, 1930 in Tokyo)^[1] is a Japanese Buddhist leader. He was the fifth president of Soka Gakkai from 18 July 1981^[2] to 9 November 2006.^[3] After his resignation from that position, he became the chairman of the Supreme Leader Meeting of Soka Gakkai in November 2006. He was also the manager of Men's Division, Youth Division of Soka Gakkai, the chairman of the Central Meeting and Kofu Shimbun Meeting of Soka Gakkai, the supreme advisor of Sōka University, the honorary director of Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, the supreme advisor of Min-On Concert Association, the director of Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research and the acting president of Soka Gakkai International (SGI).

His brother-in-law, Kōshirō Ishida is former a member of the House of Representatives in the National Diet and former the President of New Komeito Party. His older brother, Tsuguo Ishida is former a member of the House of Councillors in the National Diet.

Early life

He attended Tokyo Metropolitan Bunkyo High School. After graduating from Waseda University with the B.A. degree in French Literature, he got into The Seikyo Shimbun company which is Japan's daily newspaper. He　also acted the copy chief of that.

Soka Gakkai presidency

References

1. http://www.sgi.org/news/events/events2006/events060707.html
2. http://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA899&lpg=PA899&dq=Einosuke+Akiya&source=bl&ots=gYRwrz9prZ&sig=kJVwdX6g4knOTrqxEo23hLJfAgM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=IpYOU8SGIYXgqgHBxoGoCg&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBzge#v=onepage&q=Einosuke%20Akiya&f=false
3. http://www.sgi.org/news/press-releases/press-releases-2006/press061110.html