Born:
 May 20, 1967, Nara Prefecture
 
Education:
 1990 The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Medicine
 
Career:
 joined St. Luke's International Hospital and
 Tokyo Musashino Hospital as a Nurse
 Secretary to a Member of the House of Representatives
 1995 joined Japanese Nursing Association
 1998 Director, Policy Planning Division, Japanese Nursing
    Association
 2005 Secretary General, Japan Nursing Federation
 2013 first elected to the Senate
 2019 second elected to the Senate
 2025 third elected to the Senate
 
(Major posts in the Senate)
 2016 Chairman, Special Committee on Okinawa and
    Northern Problems
 2018 Chairman, Committee on Health, Welfare and Labour
 
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)