Background
Tokichi Okazaki was born in 1856. He was the second son of Rokudayu Ishirnaru, a retainer of the Saga Clan (Saga Prefecture), he was adopted by Manazuru Okazaki.
Tokichi Okazaki was born in 1856. He was the second son of Rokudayu Ishirnaru, a retainer of the Saga Clan (Saga Prefecture), he was adopted by Manazuru Okazaki.
After briefly serving as a government official, he started a brewery business and later changed to shipping, founding the Okazaki Steamship Company. Held executive posts in the Japan Marine and Fire Insurance Company, Okazaki Bank in Kobe and Hyogo Electric Railway Company.