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Ikuyo Sakai (born August 28, 1992) is a Japanese Researcher from Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Ikuyo is a member of Suntory founding family.

History
Born in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo, and raised in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. Ikuyo attended Musashino Art University and studied space production design. In 2014, she entered Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus the faculty of Policy Management and studied International Internet Policy, Intellectual Property Rights, and Psychology. During the time at university, she studied abroad in Paris, France (Paris Institute of Political Studies).Since 2015, she has participated in the One Young World summit in Bangkok, commonly known as the Young Davos Conference, and is currently a member of the One Young World Japan Coordinating Ambassador Japan Committee. From 2016 to 2018, she established and operated the French sake competition “Kura Master” as a founding member. In 2018, she studied wine cultivation and winemaking at Bordeaux Sciences Agro (L'école nationale supérieure des sciences agronomiques de Bordeaux) in Bordeaux, France. In 2019, she joined Suntory Wine International Co., Ltd. and managed the Japanese wine brand business. She has experience as a judge of domestic and international wine competitions such as the Japan Wine Challenge and Concours des vins Burgondial (French Burgundy wine competition). From 2023, she has started her new carrier as socialite, a researcher of wine, art, Art in Life（Suntory Museum of Art’s principle ）, and producer for her mother, who is a painter based in Japan.

Person
Ikuyo’s maternal great-grandfather is Shinjiro Torii, the founder and first president of Suntory. Her grandfather is Suntory Vice Chairman Michio Torii and grandmother is the daughter of Gen Hirose, chairman of Nippon Life Insurance Co. Her uncle is Shingo Torii, the third master blender. She is the eldest daughter of a Suntory adviser father and a painter mother. Her motto is I'esprit x nonchalant ~ Don't stress yourself, value essential truth, goodness, beauty and craftsmanship, and use humour and tact.