Takaharu Kyōgoku


Takaharu Kyōgoku is a Japanese businessman and prominent Shinto priest.
Takaharu is the 15th head of the Kyōgoku clan which held power in Toyooka before and during the Edo period. He is among descendants of the Meiji period kazoku which was abolished in 1947.

Career

The major part of his working career was spent as an executive at NYK Line. Then Kyōgoku headed Kantō Eisen, which is a small tugboat and port transport firm based in Yokohama.
Takaharu was named the chief priest of the Yasukuni Shrine in 2009.