Born:
 July 21, 1959, Hokkaido
 
Education:
 1983 Hokkaido University, Faculty of Fisheries Sciences
 1990 Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Fisheries
    Sciences
 1992 Hokkaido University, Ph.D. in Fisheries Science
 
Career:
 1990 joined Hokkaido Government
    started working for Prefectural Fisheries Research
    Institutes
 2003 Member, Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly (2 terms)
 2010 first elected to the Senate
 2016 second elected to the Senate
 2022 third elected to the Senate
 
(Major posts in the Senate)
 2013 Chairman, Special Committee on Disasters
 2016 Chairman, Committee on General Affairs
 2018 Chairman, Committee on Judicial Affairs
 
(Major posts in the Government)
 2013 Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Agriculture,
    Forestry and Fisheries
 2019 State Minister for Reconstruction
 2024 State Minister of Finance
 
(Major post in a political party)
 2022 Chair, Diet Policy Committee, 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)