Born:
 July 11, 1967, Hyogo Prefecture
 
Education:
 1992 Nagasaki University, School of Medicine
 1996 Nagasaki University Graduate School of
    Biomedical Sciences, Doctoral course
 
Career:
 1992 obtained the Medical Doctor's License
 1996 Assistant, Nagasaki University, School of Medicine
 2000 Research Fellow, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in
    the United States
 2001 Lecturer, Nagasaki University, School of Medicine
 2006 Assistant Director, Specific Disease Control Division,
    Health Service Bureau, Ministry of Health,
    Labour and Welfare (MHLW)
 2008 Assistant Director, Blood and Blood Products Division,
    Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau, MHLW
    Visiting Professor, Nagasaki University
 2009 Director, Tokyo Airport Quarantine Branch,
    Tokyo Quarantine Station
 2010 first elected to the Senate
 2016 second elected to the Senate
 2022 third elected to the Senate
 
(Major posts in the Senate)
 2014 Chairman, Special Committee on Disasters
 2016 Chairman, Committee on Judicial Affairs
 2018 Chairman, Committee on General Affairs
 
(Major posts in the Government)
 2012 Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Environment
    Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
 2022 State Minister of Finance
 
Note: The Sangiin, which had been known as the House of Councillors, is called the Senate in English as of August 2026.

(as of October 26,2026)