Born:
December 3, 1960, Fukushima Prefecture
Education:
1982 Kyoto Municipal Junior College of Nursing
Career:
1982 Nurse, Ukyo Hospital (now Kyoto Min-iren Chuo Hospital)
Member, Executive Committee,
Kyoto Federation of Medical Worker's Unions
1984 Member, Kyoto Nursing Association
1994 Member, Kyoto Prefectural Assembly
1995 Member, Kyoto City Assembly (5 consecutive terms)
2013 first elected to the House of Councillors
(Major post in a political party)
2020 Vice-Chairperson of the Executive Committee,
Japanese Communist Party
(as of May 11,2023)