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    Kenji Takayanagi

    General Manager, The Okura Tokyo & Senior Managing Director, Hotel Okura Tokyo Co., Ltd.

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    Portrait of Kenji Takayanagi

    Portrait of Kenji Takayanagi

    i. Biography

    Kenji Takayanagi is the General Manager of The Okura Tokyo and the Senior Managing Director of Hotel Okura Tokyo Co. Ltd. in Tokyo. He stepped into his current leadership role at the property in 2022 after spending a decade as General Manager of Hotel Okura Fukuoka. Over the course of his career within the Okura hotel group, he has also managed properties in Tsukuba and Tumon.

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    • He serves as the General Manager of The Okura Tokyo and the Senior Managing Director of Hotel Okura Tokyo Co. Ltd. Has Kenji Takayanagi worked at international Okura properties?

      Yes, he was seconded staff at Hotel Okura Amsterdam in 1994 and served as General Manager of Guam Hotel Okura from 2003 to 2007.

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