Yoshihiko Kikuchi (菊地良彦, Kikuchi Yoshihiko, born 25 July 1941 in Japan[citation needed]) has been a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 1977, and was the first native Asian to be called to that role.

His father served in the military during the Second World War and was killed by an American torpedo while at sea.

[4] In 1987, Kikuchi was a keynote speaker at the first major African-American family history conference sponsored by the LDS Church.

On October 1, 2011, Kikuchi was released from the First Quorum of the Seventy and designated as an emeritus general authority.

These former members of the Presiding Bishopric did not serve as a Seventy during their time as a general authority.