Born:
 September 12, 1973, Osaka Prefecture
 
Education:
 1996 Soka University, Faculty of Engineering
 
Career:
 1996 joined Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)
 2000 Embassy of Japan in Syrian Arab Republic
 2002 Embassy of Japan in Sultanate of Oman
 2004 Foreign Ministry liaison office in Samawah,
    Republic of Iraq
 2005 United Nations Policy Division, Foreign Policy Bureau,
    MOFA
 2008 Second Middle East Division, Middle Eastern and
    African Affairs Bureau, MOFA
 2010 first elected to the Senate
 2016 second elected to the Senate
 2022 third elected to the Senate
 
(Major post in the Senate)
 2017 Chairman, Committee on Judicial Affairs
 
(Major posts in the Government)
 2014 Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense
    Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
 
(Major posts in a political party)
 2018 Chair, Diet Policy Committee, Komeito Board of Directors for
    the Senate
 2022 Director, Policy Deliberation, Komeito Board of Directors for
    the Senate
 2024 Secretary General, Komeito Board of Directors for the
    Senate
 
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)