Taichi Sakaiya

Prime MinisterKeizō Obuchi
Yoshirō Mori

Preceded byKōji Omi

Succeeded byFukushiro Nukaga

Born(1935-07-13)13 July 1935

Osaka, Japan

Taichi Sakaiya
堺屋 太一
Official portrait, 1999
Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency
In office 30 July 1998 – 5 December 2000
Prime Minister	Keizō Obuchi Yoshirō Mori
Preceded by	Kōji Omi
Succeeded by	Fukushiro Nukaga
Personal details
Born	(1935-07-13)13 July 1935 Osaka, Japan
Died	8 February 2019(2019-02-08) (aged 83) Tokyo, Japan
Alma mater	University of Tokyo

Kotaro Ikeguchi (13 July 1935 – 8 February 2019), known by his pen name Taichi Sakaiya, was a Japanese economist and author.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}