Background
Tsukada was born on September 27, 1885, in Niigata Prefecture, Chūbu region of Japan.
公太 塚田
Tsukada was born on September 27, 1885, in Niigata Prefecture, Chūbu region of Japan.
In 1907, graduated from Tokyo Higher Commercial School.
Tsukada Kota started his career at Mitsui & Co., first working for the Bombay branch office and then being appointed to the Mumbai branch where he worked as an executive officer and managin director. In 1940, joined the Toyo Cotton Company and rose to become its president. Was president of Textile Control Corporation and later, in 1946, became the director of the Board of Trade. Was purged after the war and after being depurged in 1950 was appointed director of Kurashiki Spinning Company in 1951.