Professor Mika Suzuki appointed as new President of Soka University - the first female President since the university was established in 1971

Ms. Mika Suzuki was appointed President of Soka University (Chairperson, Board of Trustees: Yasunori Tashiro, Hachioji, Tokyo). She is the first female President since the university was established in 1971. Her term of office will be three years, starting March 31, 2025.

After graduating from our Faculty of Law, President Mika Suzuki passed the bar exam. She then trained at the supreme court of Japan's the Legal Training and Research Institute and became a lawyer in Japan. She then completed her Master of Laws at Indiana University Bloomington in the United States, passed the New York State Bar Exam, and became a New York State lawyer. She specializes in corporate law and corporate legal affairs, and has been active internationally as a lawyer qualified to practice law in both Japan and New York State.
As our Law School focuses on training legal professionals, Ms. Mika Suzuki, who has a wide range of experience both in Japan and overseas, was appointed as a professor in the Law School in 2010. She has contributed to producing many successful candidates (a total of 454 successful candidates since the school's opening).
She served as the Dean of the Faculty of Law from 2022 and Vice President from 2024. During that time, in addition to developing human resources in undergraduate education, as Vice President for Diversity, she promoted the creation of a campus where faculty, staff and students with diverse values can learn from each other from the perspective of diversity and inclusion, and worked hard to improve the organizational environment for education, research activities, etc. With her appointment as the new President, we aim to realize a campus where each student can thrive and "cultivate global citizens who practice value creation."
In addition, Professor Masashi Suzuki, former President of the university, has been appointed as an advisor.

■Profile of the new President
Mika Suzuki Born in Chiba Prefecture in 1963

[Educational Background]
1986 Graduated Faculty of Law Soka University
1998: Master of Laws, Indiana University (Bloomington) Law School

[Work history]
1990 Inokuma Juji Law Office
1998 Ogihara & Moore, LLP (USA)
1999 White & Case LLP
2010 Professor, Soka University Law School
2016 Professor Faculty of Law Soka University
2022 Dean Faculty of Law Soka University
2024 Vice President of Soka University
2025 Soka University President

[Specialty]
Corporate Law

[Major papers]

• "Defamation and Privacy" (co-authored with GYOSEI)
• "Intellectual Property Tax Strategy" (co-authored with Zeimu Keiri Kyokai Co,.LTD)
• "Rental Housing Law Q&A 5th Edition" (co-authored with Jutaku-Shimpo Inc.)
• "Recent Cases Concerning the Liability of De Facto Directors to Third Parties"
  (Soka Law Journal Vol. 8, Soka University Law School)
• "Duty of due care owed by directors to the company when implementing MBO"
  (Soka Law Journal Vol. 9, Soka University Law School)