Akira Sakaya

Akira Sakaya
昌谷 彰
Director of the Karafuto Agency
In office
11 June 1924 – 5 August 1926
MonarchTaishō
Preceded byKinjirō Nagai
Succeeded byKatsuzō Toyota
In office
13 October 1916 – 17 April 1919
MonarchTaishō
Preceded byBunji Okada
Succeeded byKinjirō Nagai
Governor of Saitama Prefecture
In office
9 June 1914 – 13 October 1916
MonarchTaishō
Preceded byKeiichirō Soeda
Succeeded byTadahiko Okada
Governor of Ōita Prefecture
In office
4 July 1911 – 1 June 1913
MonarchsMeiji
Taishō
Preceded byTeikan Chiba
Succeeded byHikoharu Kawaguchi
Personal details
Born(1870-02-13)13 February 1870
DiedOctober 1946(1946-10-00) (aged 76)
EducationFirst Higher School
Alma materTokyo Imperial University

Akira Sakaya (昌谷 彰, Sakaya Akira; 13 February 1870 – October 1946) was a Director of the Karafuto Agency (1916–1919, 1924–1926). He was governor of Ōita (1911–1913) and Saitama Prefecture (1914–1916). He was a graduate of the University of Tokyo.