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 House of Councillors
 
(Major posts in the House of Councillors)
 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 Secretary of Agriculture,
    Forestry and Fisheries
 2019 State Minister for Reconstruction
 
(Major post in a political party)
 2022 Chair, Diet Policy Committee, Komeito Board of Directors
    for the House of Councillors

(as of May 11,2023)