Akiko M Sakamoto
Wealth Management Advisor|MBA, CLU®, CFP®, ChFC®
Professional
I'm committed to helping you get closer to your dreams. When you partner with me, you can expect a judgment-free, pressure-free environment with conversations that will be jargon-free. I strive to provide you the best experience possible.
Certification and Designations
- CERTIIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERTM (CFP1)
A certified financial planner (CFP2) refers to the certification owned and awarded by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. The CFP designation is awarded to individuals who successfully complete the CFP Board's initial and ongoing certification requirements. Individuals desiring to become a CFP professional must take extensive exams in the areas of financial planning, taxes, insurance, estate planning and retirement.
- Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU3 )
The Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU4) is the insurance profession's oldest standard of excellence. Today, it continues to be the credential for practitioners who desire to provide their clients with the security of life insurance and risk management.
- Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC®)
The Chartered Financial Consultant is a professional designation representing the completion of a comprehensive course consisting of financial education, examinations and practical experience.
Associations and Memberships
- Hawaii Estate Planning Council (HEPC)
- Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce (HJCC)
- Rotary Club of Ala Moana
Personal
Akiko Sakamoto was born and raised in Japan and moved to the US in 1989. After completing her MBA at Rutgers Graduate School of Management, she started her career in finance with The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi in New York. She then moved on to Banque Paribas in Tokyo and New York. In 2006, Akiko joined Northwestern Mutual.
Currently, Akiko resides in Honolulu where she enjoys being involved in her twin sons, Tyler & Ray's various swimming and school activities. Akiko also enjoys taking Sogetsu ikebana lessons and being involved in Rotary Club's service projects assisting keiki (children) in this community and abroad.
Lending a hand in my community.
As part of Northwestern Mutual, I'm proud to help accelerate the search for better childhood cancer treatments while supporting families undergoing treatment, and survivors from late effects. Here are some of the organizations we partner with:
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer (ALSF)
ALSF funds cancer research, raises awareness, and supports the families of children with cancer. Since 2012, Northwestern Mutual, its employees, and financial professionals like me have donated more than $20 million to support ALSF and fund over 400,000 research hours.
Beads of Courage
Beads of Courage is an art-in-medicine program that helps kids with cancer tell their unique treatment story through colorful beads that are symbols of their courage.
Rotary Club of Ala Moana
Akiko is a member of the Rotary Club of Ala Moana and enjoys being involved in local and international projects. She also helps Lunalilo Elementary School on dictionary projects and keiki vision that Rotary has been actively involved in.
Japanese Chamber of Commerce
Akiko is also a member of Japanese Chamber of Commerce (HJCC) and a part of Art Exhibition Committee which brings talented local artists and the business community together.
Executive Women International
Akiko enjoys being a part of Executive Women International which helps raise scholarship funds to high school seniors, as well as adult students.
Here are my areas of expertise
Financial Planning
Insurance Protection Strategies
Life Insurance Strategies
Retirement Planning & Income Strategies
Education Planning & Funding
Disability Planning
Multigenerational Planning
Estate Planning
How Northwestern Mutual helps you live the life you want.
When people feel better about their money, good things happen—they become more confident and feel more secure. For more than 160 years, Northwestern Mutual has helped people achieve the financial flexibility they need to live more and worry less.
Being a mutual company means Northwestern Mutual reports to its clients, not Wall Street. They don't believe in chasing fads or taking undue risk for short-term gains. Instead, they take a long-term approach—both in the way we help people plan to reach their goals, and in the way they do business. This has served their clients (and mine) well through all kinds of economic ups and downs, including wars, recessions, even the recent pandemic.
It's why I'm happy to be part of a company that's in it for the long-haul and prioritizes clients over profit.
