Born:
February 16, 1971, Aichi Prefecture
Education:
1994 Hokkaido University, Faculty of Economics
Career:
1991 one of a group of five students who inaugurated
the YOSAKOI Soran Festival Production Committee
1998 Executive Director,
YOSAKOI Soran Festival Organization Committee
2010 first elected to the House of Councillors
(Major posts in the House of Councillors)
2017 Chairman, Committee on Financial Affairs
2022 Chairman, Committee on Agriculture,
Forestry and Fisheries
(Major posts in the Government)
2014 Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and
Communications
2019 State Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
(as of May 11,2023)