Mutō was born in Urawa, Saitama Prefecture and graduated from Kaisei Academy High School in Nishi Nippori, Arakawa, Tokyo.
In 2000, he rose to Administrative Vice-Minister of Finance, and in 2003 joined the Bank of Japan as deputy governor.
On March 7, 2008, the government of Japan announced that it planned to nominate him for promotion to replace Toshihiko Fukui as governor.
Since January 2014, Mutō has served as the Director General/CEO of the Tokyo Organising Committee for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
[4][5] This article incorporates material from 武藤敏郎 (Mutō Toshirō) in the Japanese Wikipedia, retrieved on March 7, 2008.