List of ambassadors of Japan to Chile

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Ambassador of Japan to Chile
Kenko Sone 20220902.jpg
Incumbent
Kenko Sone
曽根健孝
since October 2025
AppointerEmperor Naruhito
Inaugural holderHioki Eki (日置 益)
Website Embassy of Japan in Chile

The Ambassador of Japan to Chile is an officer of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the head of the Embassy of Japan to Chile.

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The first Japanese ambassador was Hioki Eki, who presented his credentials to Chilean president Pedro Montt in 1909. Carlos Morla Vicuña was his counterpart as the first Chilean ambassador sent to Tokyo.

Japan and Chile's diplomatic relationship goes back to 1897 when Hoshi Tōru, a foreign minister to the United States, and Domingo Gana for Chile, negotiated the Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation between the two countries in Washington D.C. [1] It would be Chile's first treaty with an Asian country. The treaty would be ratified in Japan under the Saionji Kinmochi administration with Hioki dispatched under Foreign Minister Komura Jutarō. The two countries continue to maintain important academic and ecconomic relations between the two countries today. [2] [3] [4]

The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs maintains its chancery (jp) in the Santiago commune of Providencia, and a residence in Vitacura. [5]

List of representatives

See also: List of Chilean ambassadors to Japan on the Spanish language wiki at (Embajadores de Chile en Japón) or the Japanese language wiki at (日本とチリの関係)

This is a chronological list of Japanese diplomats.

No.NamePortrait Rank AccreditedEmperorPresidentNotes
1Hioki Eki
(日置 益)		 Eki Hioki LCCN2014717512 (cropped).jpg Minister Plenipotentiary
(特命全権公使)		July 1, 1909 Meiji Pedro Montt [6]
2Fujii Minoru
(藤井 實)		 Resident minister
(外交官補)		October 4, 1911Meiji Ramón Barros Luco [6]
*Hioki Eki
(日置 益)		 Eki Hioki LCCN2014717512 (cropped).jpg Minister Plenipotentiary
(特命全権公使)		October 13, 1912 Taishō Ramón Barros Luco [6]
3Kondō Sunaokichi
(近藤 愿吉)		Resident minister
(外交官補)		June 11, 1914Taishō Ramón Barros Luco [6]
* Iijima Kametarō
(飯島 亀太郎)		 Kametaro Iijima, 1913.jpg Chargé d'affaires
ad interim
(臨時代理大使)		August 14, 1914Taishō Ramón Barros Luco [6]
4Tatsuke Shichita
(田付 七太)		Minister Plenipotentiary
(特命全権公使)		February 2, 1918Taishō Juan Luis Sanfuentes [6]
*Amari Zoji
(甘利 造次)		Chargé d'affaires
ad interim
(臨時代理大使)		December 25, 1920Taishō Arturo Alessandri [6]
* Kurusu Saburō
(来栖三郎)		 Saburo-Kurusu-in-Washington-7-Dec-1941.png Chargé d'affaires
ad interim
(臨時代理大使)		March 2, 1923Taishō Arturo Alessandri [6]
5Sakenobe Nobumichi
(鮭延 信道)		Minister Plenipotentiary
(特命全権公使)		October 2, 1924Taishō Luis Altamirano [6]
*Kitazawa Taizō
(北沢 泰三)		Chargé d'affaires
ad interim
(臨時代理大使)		September 11, 1927 Hirohito Carlos Ibáñez del Campo [6]
6Mori Yasusaburō
(森 安三郎)		Minister Plenipotentiary
(特命全権公使)		May 31, 1930Hirohito Carlos Ibáñez del Campo [6]
*Tamagi Katsujirō
(玉木 勝次郎)		Chargé d'affaires
ad interim
(臨時代理大使)		May 10, 1933Hirohito Arturo Alessandri [6]
7Yano Makoto
(外交 官)		Minister Plenipotentiary
(特命全権公使)		February 16, 1934Hirohito Arturo Alessandri [6]
*Hayao Suetaka
(早尾 季鷹)		Chargé d'affaires
ad interim
(臨時代理大使)		April 21, 1936Hirohito Arturo Alessandri [6]
8Miyake Tetsuichirō
(三宅 哲一郎)		Minister Plenipotentiary
(特命全権公使)		July 25, 1936Hirohito Arturo Alessandri [6]
9Shiozaki Kanzō
(塩崎 観三)		Minister Plenipotentiary
(特命全権公使)		January 4, 1940Hirohito Pedro Aguirre Cerda [6]
*Kawasaki Eiji
(川崎 栄治)		Chargé d'affaires
ad interim
(臨時代理大使)		September 20, 1940Hirohito Pedro Aguirre Cerda [6]
10Yamagata Kiyoshi
(山形 清)		Minister Plenipotentiary
(特命全権公使)		October 22, 1941Hirohito Juan Antonio Ríos [6]
*Diplomatic relations suspended on 16 September, 1943, due to World War 2 [6]
11Narita Katsushirō
(成田 勝四郎)		Minister Plenipotentiary
(特命全権公使)		January 3, 1953Hirohito Carlos Ibáñez del Campo [6]
*Satō Ryōzu
(佐藤 量寿)		Chargé d'affaires
ad interim
(臨時代理大使)		December 11, 1956Hirohito Carlos Ibáñez del Campo [6]
12Yaguchi Rokurō
(矢口 麓蔵)		Minister Plenipotentiary
(特命全権公使)		March 6, 1957Hirohito Carlos Ibáñez del Campo [6]
*Yaguchi Rokurō
(矢口 麓蔵)		 Ambassador
(特命全権公使)		May 15, 1957Hirohito Carlos Ibáñez del Campo [6]
*Andō Ryuichi
(安藤 龍一)		Chargé d'affaires
ad interim
(臨時代理大使)		November 1, 1960Hirohito Jorge Alessandri [6]
13Tanaka Mitsuo
(田中 三男)		 Mitsuo Tanaka.jpg Ambassador
(特命全権公使)		March 10, 1961Hirohito Jorge Alessandri [6]
*Iwama Tatsuo
(岩間 龍夫)		Chargé d'affaires
ad interim
(臨時代理大使)		October 7, 1963Hirohito Jorge Alessandri [6]
14 Kanayama Masahide
(金山 英勢)		Ambassador
(特命全権公使)		December 3, 1963Hirohito Jorge Alessandri [6]
*Itō Masao
(伊藤 政雄)		Chargé d'affaires
ad interim
(臨時代理大使)		February 5, 1967Hirohito Eduardo Frei Montalva [6]
15Takahashi Satoru
(高橋 覚)		Ambassador
(特命全権公使)		May 2, 1967Hirohito Eduardo Frei Montalva [6]
*Itō Masao
(伊藤 政雄)		Chargé d'affaires
ad interim
(臨時代理大使)		July 31, 1969Hirohito Eduardo Frei Montalva [6]
16Satō Sakito
(佐藤 崎人)		Ambassador
(特命全権公使)		August 4, 1969Hirohito Eduardo Frei Montalva [6]
*Inayoshi Hidezō
(稲吉 日出蔵)		Chargé d'affaires
ad interim
(臨時代理大使)		August 8, 1972Hirohito Salvador Allende [6]
17Endō Matao
(遠藤 又男)		Ambassador
(特命全権公使)		September 25, 1972Hirohito Salvador Allende [6]
*Akimoto Kenjirō
(秋本 健志郎)		Chargé d'affaires
ad interim
(臨時代理大使)		July 29, 1975Hirohito Augusto Pinochet [6]
18Yamashita Shigeaki
(山下 重明)		Ambassador
(特命全権公使)		February 1, 1976Hirohito Augusto Pinochet [6]
*Inayoshi Hidezō
(稲吉 日出蔵)		Chargé d'affaires
ad interim
(臨時代理大使)		October 3, 1979Hirohito Augusto Pinochet [7]
20Akatani Genichi
(赤谷 源一)		Ambassador
(特命全権公使)		November 19, 1979Hirohito Augusto Pinochet [7]
*Rokuzo Yukio
(六条 幸雄)		Chargé d'affaires
ad interim
(臨時代理大使)		November 19, 1983Hirohito Augusto Pinochet [7]
21Komura Kouichi
(小村 康一)		Ambassador
(特命全権公使)		December 1, 1983Hirohito Augusto Pinochet [7]
*Hanawa Tetsuo
(塙 哲夫)		Chargé d'affaires
ad interim
(臨時代理大使)		April 6, 1986Hirohito Augusto Pinochet [7]
22Nomiyama Shuichi
(野見山 修一)		Ambassador
(特命全権公使)		August 1, 1986Hirohito Augusto Pinochet [7]
*Kubo Hiromitsu
(久保 光弘)		Chargé d'affaires
ad interim
(臨時代理大使)		November 9, 1989Hirohito Augusto Pinochet [7]
23Shikama Rikio
(色摩 力夫)		Ambassador
(特命全権公使)		December 19, 1989~1992 Akihito Augusto Pinochet [7]
24~25no citations currently found - please add if available [7]
~26Narita Yubun
(成田右文)		Ambassador
(特命全権公使)		~1999Akihito Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle [4]
~27 Ogawa Hajime
(小川元)		Ambassador
(特命全権公使)		2002Akihito Ricardo Lagos [8]
~28Hayashi Wataru
(林渉)		Ambassador
(特命全権公使)		August 2007Akihito Michelle Bachelet [9]
~29Murakami Hidenori
(村上秀徳)		Ambassador
(特命全権公使)		September 1, 2011Akihito Sebastián Piñera [3]
~30Nikai Naoto
(二階 尚人)		Ambassador
(特命全権公使)		August 5, 2014Akihito Michelle Bachelet [10] [11]
~31Hiraishi Yoshinobu
(平石 好伸)		 Yoshinobu Hiraishi.jpg Ambassador
(特命全権公使)		April 2017Akihito Michelle Bachelet [12] [13]
~32Shibuya Kazuhisa
(渋谷 和久)		Ambassador
(特命全権公使)		September 8, 2020 Naruhito Sebastián Piñera [14] [15]
~33Ito Kyoko
(伊藤 恭子)		 AMB Ito Kyoko.jpg Ambassador
(特命全権公使)		December 28, 2023Naruhito Gabriel Boric [16]
~34Sone Kenko
(曽根 健孝)		 Kenko Sone 20220902.jpg Ambassador
(特命全権公使)		October 2025Naruhito Gabriel Boric [17]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Tanaka, Akihiko. "Treaty of Amity and Commerce and Navigation between the Republic of Chile and the Empire of Japan". University of Tokyo National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies. Database of Japanese Politics and International Relations. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  2. ↑ "チリ共和国（Republic of Chile） 基礎データ". mofa.go.jp.
  3. 1 2 "Visit of TAO site by Mr. Hidenori Murakami, Japan Ambassador in Chile". TAO Project. University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory. 17 February 2012.
  4. 1 2 "Signing of the Framework Document for the Japan-Chile Partnership Programme". National Diet Library. Foreign Ministry of Japan. 1 July 1999.
  5. ↑ "Información General". cl.emb-japan.go.jp. Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Nihon Gaikoshi Jiten, appendix (1979). p. 364.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Nihon Gaikoshi Jiten, appendix (1992). pp. 76-77, 122.
  8. ↑ "Fujimori: Chile and Japan iron out differences". MercoPress. 11 November 2005.
  9. ↑ "Exchange of Diplomatic Notes concerning the Entry into Force of the Agreement between Japan and the Republic of Chile for a Strategic Economic Partnership". mofa.go.jp. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Japan. 7 August 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  10. ↑ "Signing of Tax Convention with Republic of Chile". mofa.go.p. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Japan. 22 January 2016.
  11. ↑ Ashikin binti Ali, Nur (3 August 2017). "ATTENDING FAREWELL RECEPTION FOR HE NAOTO NIKAI". kln.gov.my. Embassy of Malaysia, Santiago.
  12. ↑ "チリ大使に平石氏". Nikkei. 日本経済新聞社. 21 February 2017.
  13. ↑ "Japanese Ambassador to Chile Yoshinobu Hiraishi Visits ALMA". ALMA Project. National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. 21 August 2017.
  14. ↑ "チリ大使に渋谷氏". 時事通信. 17 April 2020. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  15. ↑ "着任のご挨拶". cl.emb-japan.go.jp. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Japan. 29 December 2021.
  16. ↑ Vivallo, Sebastián (28 December 2023). "Ambassador of Japan in Chile Mrs. ITO Takako presents credential". Kyodo News Images. Agencia Makro.
  17. ↑ "人事、外務省". Nikkei. 日本経済新聞社. 2 September 2025.

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