Kyoko Ikeda

Born in Beijing, China. Came to Japan at age 15. Appeared on NHK's "Chinese Language Course" while a student. After graduating university in 1989, joined Dentsu Inc. After gaining overseas business experience in the marketing division and event space department, has been in charge of the "Japan-China Project" since 1996, which supports advertising education and human resource development in China, continuing to the present. A China specialist with extensive networks and connections to Chinese government agencies and universities.