# Akio Harada

> Akio Harada is a startup investor at Sumitomo. See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Sumitomo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sumitomo-corporation)
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akio-harada-102a359b

Akio Harada is a startup investor at Sumitomo. Mr. Akio Harada has been the President of Tokyo Woman's Christian University since July 2005. Mr. Harada has been an attorney-at-law at Hironaka Law Office since October 2004. Mr. Harada served as the Prosecutor General of the Tokyo High Prosecutors' Office from July 2001 to June 2004 and also as its Chief Prosecutor from December 1999 toJuly 2001. He served as the Administrative Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice from June 1998 to December 1999 and as the Director General of the Criminal Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Justice from January 1996 to June 1998. Mr. Harada served as the Deputy Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice from December 1993 to January 1996 and as the Chief Public Prosecutor of the Morioka District Public Prosecutor Office from April 1992 to December 1993. He served as a General Manager of the personnel division of the Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Justice from April 1988 to April 1992. Mr. Harada has been a Director of Seiko Holdings Corporation since June 2005. Mr. Harada works as Non-Executive Director and Committee Member at the Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corporation of Japan. He served as a Director of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc., (MUFG) from June 2006 to December 25, 2009. Mr. Harada has been an External Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Shiseido Company, Limited since 2005. He has been an Outside Director of Sumitomo Corp since June 2013. He served as Corporate Auditor of Sumitomo Corp since June 2005.

## About Sumitomo

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

Sumitomo Corporation is a business services company that works with import, export, trilateral trade, and business investment in Japan.

5 contacts available at Sumitomo.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Akio Harada | Outside Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akio-harada |
| Akira Satake | Managing Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akira-satake |
| Akira Takeuchi | Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akira-takeuchi |
| Fumihiro Koba | Assistant General Manager for East Asia | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fumihiro-koba |
| Hideki Iwasawa | Managing Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hideki-iwasawa |

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