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
 2002 Standing Officer, Japan Nursing Federation
 2005 Secretary General, Japan Nursing Federation
 2013 first elected to the House of Councillors
 
(Major posts in the House of Councillors)
 2016 Chairman, Special Committee on Okinawa and
    Northern Problems
 2018 Chairman, Committee on Health, Welfare and Labour

(as of May 11,2023)