Born:
 October 20, 1971, Fukui Prefecture
 
Education:
 1994 The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law (LLB)
 1998 The University of Chicago, Harris Graduate School
    of Public Policy (MPP)
 2021 Waseda University, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific
    Studies (PhD)
 
Career:
 1994 joined Ministry of Finance (MOF)
 2005 Deputy Budget Examiner, Budget Bureau, MOF
 2008 Director of the Personnel Planning Office, MOF
 2009 Visiting Fellow, Stanford University
 2011 Director, Public Relations Office, MOF
 2013 first elected to the Senate
 2019 second elected to the Senate
 2025 third elected to the Senate
 
(Major post in the Senate)
 2023 Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, Forestry
    and Fisheries
 
(Major posts in the Government)
 2018 Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy,
    Trade and Industry
 2024 State Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
 
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)