Koichi Sakakibara (he/him)
Class of 2021 | Executive Council Attorney General
For me, leadership is using my capacity to work behind the scenes and to serve the community members and beyond.
What does leadership mean to you?
For me, leadership is using my capacity to work behind the scenes and to serve the community members and beyond.
What is a quote that inspires your leadership style?
“It is the heart that is important.” “Those who have wept the most bitterly have the right to become the happiest people of all.”
Who is someone you respect who models social responsibility as a leader and why?
Daisaku Ikeda, a grassroots peacebuilder, poet, educator, Buddhist philosopher, and founder of our university. He has been engaging in dialogues with diverse groups of world leaders and ordinary citizens to share and embody his humanitarian philosophy on humans’ limitless potential and capability for inner transformation.