Kenichiro Matsuoka was a Japanese media executive.
11 Facts About Kenichiro Matsuoka
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Kenichiro Matsuoka founded and served as the first President of Japan Cable Television, and as a Vice President of Asahi Broadcasting Company.
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The eldest son of Japanese foreign minister Yosuke Matsuoka, Kenichiro was born in the United States while his father was First Secretary of the Embassy of Japan, Washington, DC, attended Gyosei High School and Tokyo Imperial University, majoring in Political Science and Law.
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When his father took over leadership of the South Manchuria Railway, Kenichiro became involved with the Manchukuo Film Association, formed in partnership with Mantetsu.
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Kenichiro Matsuoka would meet the popular pre-war Japanese actress Yoshiko Yamaguchi, whom Yamaguchi would write in her biography "Ri Koran: My Half Life", to be her first love.
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In 1957, Kenichiro Matsuoka joined the fledgling Nippon Educational Television Board television network.
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NET courted Kenichiro 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 Man'ei.
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Kenichiro Matsuoka 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.
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Kenichiro Matsuoka was portrayed in the 1989 Fuji TV limited series Farewell Li Xianglan by Hideki Saijo, and in the TV Tokyo 2007 film Ri Koran by Fukami Motoki.
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Kenichiro Matsuoka's father Yosuke, was a prominent diplomat in pre-war Japan.
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Kenichiro Matsuoka is related to the royal family through Kacho Haruko, the daughter of Marquis Fushiminomiya Hironobuo and Princess Kaninnomiya Hanako, and was once considered as a potential match for then Crown Prince Akihito.