Born:
November 30, 1964, Kumamoto Prefecture
Education:
1983 Kumamoto Prefectural Kumamoto Technical High
School
1984 Kumamoto Prefectural Industrial Development Youth
Corps Training School
Career:
1991 Member, Kumamoto City Assembly
(2 consecutive terms)
1997 Member, Kumamoto Prefectural Assembly
(5 consecutive terms)
2011 Chairman, Kumamoto Prefectural Assembly
2013 first elected to the House of Councillors
(Major post in the Government)
2016 Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health, Labour and
Welfare
(as of July 30,2020)