Soichiro Shibata is a director and analyst at Eurasia Group based in Tokyo. He covers political and economic affairs in Japan, as well as trade and investment trends across Asia.

Before joining Eurasia Group, Soichiro led the geopolitical and macroeconomic strategy practice at Monitor Deloitte in Tokyo. He specialized in Japanese policy and business trends in the context of US-China relations, Europe's pursuit of economic security and technological sovereignty, and economic growth in Southeast Asia and India. Having lived in the US in his youth and in Indonesia earlier in his career, he brings both internal and external perspectives on Japan and Asia to support decision-making by policymakers and corporate executives.

Soichiro holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Yale University. An avid traveler, he seeks destinations that spark his intellectual curiosity and satisfy his interest in food. In Japan, that interest has taken him to some of the country's most remote areas in search of sushi and traditional delicacies.