Born:
August 18, 1965, Tokyo
Education:
1988 Chiba University, Faculty of Education
1999 Chiba University, Graduate School of Education
Career:
TV Reporter
Secretary to a Member of the House of Representatives
2000 Chief Child Care Person, YUHIGAOKA Nursery School
2003 Director, Social Welfare Corporation
2003 Member, House of Representatives (1 term)
2007 first elected to the House of Councillors
2009 Member, House of Representatives (2 terms)
2016 reelected to the House of Councillors
(Major posts in the House of Councillors)
2019 Chairperson, Special Committee on Reconstruction
after the Great East Japan Earthquake
2022 Chairperson, Committee on Oversight of Administration
(Major posts in political parties)
2016 Vice-President, The Liberal Party
2016 Secretary General, Hope Coalition (Kibou) in
the House of Councillors
(as of May 11,2023)