Masato Kanda (神田 眞人) is a Japanese bureaucrat at the Ministry of Finance.

Since 2021, he has served as Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs (財務官, zaimukan), the country's top currency diplomat.

[1] Due to the yen being traded in the weakest range in the past three decades during his tenure, his remarks on the possibility of currency intervention often make news headlines, in which he is sometimes referred to as the country's 'FX Tsar'.

He attended Nada Junior & Senior High School in Kobe, then went on to study law at the University of Tokyo.

[5] In November 2024, Kanda was elected the 11th President of the Asian Development Bank and is set to assume office on 24 February 2025.