Born:
 August 11, 1956, Fukuoka Prefecture

Education:
 1979 Hosei University, Faculty of Social Sciences

Career:
 1979 joined Mitsuhashi Town (now Yanagawa City)
    Office
 1991 Secretary General, Mitsuhashi Town Office Labor
    Union
 2004 Secretary General of the Fukuoka Headquarters,
    All-Japan Prefectural and Municipal Workers Union
 2007 Director General, Department of Labor Affairs,
    Central Headquarters of the All-Japan Prefectural
    and Municipal Workers Union
 2010 first elected to the House of Councillors

(Major post in the House of Councillors)
 2016 Chairman, Special Committee on Okinawa and
    Northern Problems

(as of January 16,2017)