Born:
February 27, 1960, Kagawa Prefecture
Education:
Tottori University, Faculty of Agriculture
Career:
joined Osaka Kawachi Citizens' Co-op (now Osaka PalCoop)
Vice-Chairman, Osaka Prefectural Committee,
Democratic Youth League of Japan
Vice-Chairman, Osaka Prefectural Committee,
Japanese Communist Party (JCP)
1995 first elected to the House of Councillors
(Major posts in a political party)
2014 Head of the Secretariat, JCP
2016 Vice-Chairperson of the Executive Committee, JCP
(as of May 11,2023)