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組織委員長Chair of Organization Committee
中道改革衆議院· House of Representatives宮崎1· Miyazaki 1st District中道改革連合・無所属· Centrist Reform Union and Independents3 terms
Born 1977-10-03 · 宮崎県宮崎市 (Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture)
Policy issues
Current positions
Party Positions
- 組織委員長Chair of Organization Committee
- 役員室長Director of the Executive Office
- 執行役員会構成メンバーMember of the Executive Board
Career & history
Government Posts
- Appointed as an Audit Commissioner of Miyazaki Prefecture in May 2019
Party Posts
- Participated in the formation of the new party 'Centrist Reform Alliance' in January 2026
- Appointed as the Chair of the Public Relations Committee of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan on September 11, 2025
- Became the first President of the Miyazaki Prefectural Federation of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan on February 5, 2018
Professional Career
- Resigned from Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd. at the end of 2009
- Joined Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd. in April 2001 (worked for approximately 10 years in the Yokohama Bureau and Tokyo Headquarters Political Department)
Education
- Graduated from the Faculty of Law, Niigata University in March 2001
- Dropped out of Miyazaki Prefectural Miyazaki Kita High School during his first year
- Graduated from Miyazaki Prefectural Miyazaki Higashi High School
Other
- Elected for a third term to the House of Representatives in the 51st General Election on February 8, 2026
- Elected for a second term to the House of Representatives in the 50th General Election on October 27, 2024
- First elected to the House of Representatives (Miyazaki 1st District) in the 49th General Election on October 31, 2021
- Resigned from the Miyazaki Prefectural Assembly on September 6, 2021, to run for the House of Representatives
- Elected for a third term to the Miyazaki Prefectural Assembly on April 7, 2019
- Elected for a second term to the Miyazaki Prefectural Assembly on April 12, 2015
- First elected to the Miyazaki Prefectural Assembly (Miyazaki City Constituency) on April 10, 2011
- Ran in the 22nd House of Councillors Regular Election (Miyazaki Prefecture Constituency) as a Democratic Party candidate but was not elected on July 11, 2010
- Born on October 3, 1977, in Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture
Elections
Committee memberships
Offices
Diet Office
- Room
- 1015
- Phone
- 03-3508-7086
- Fax
- 03-3508-3866
衆議院第一議員会館
衆議院第一議員会館
宮崎事務所
- Phone
- 0985-77-8777
- Fax
- 0985-77-8778
宮崎県宮崎市橘通西5-5-19
5-5-19 Tachibanadori Nishi, Miyazaki-shi, Miyazaki