Gentarō Kawase

was a Japanese business executive, a former president of Nippon Life Insurance, and was conferred with the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure.

Career Gentaro Kawase was born in Ōmihachiman, Shiga Prefecture. He graduated from Hikone Commercial College (later, Shiga University), entered Nippon Life Insurance in 1937 and moved up through the ranks to the level of manager of securities department, chief treasurer in Tokyo, manager of related business. He led Nippon Life Insurance to the largest in the world in all 4 indicators, namely insurance premium income, total assets, total amount of new contracts and total amount of insurance in force, as the full year business result of 1987–88. He died at the hospital in Takarazuka, Hyōgo at 86.