
Profile
Date of Birth: April 7, 1979
Place of Birth: Nara Prefecture, Japan
Member of the House of Councillors (Senate), Japan
Career History
*March 2003
Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo
*April 2003
Joined the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC)
*August 2010
Completed the Master of Public Management (MPM),
Heinz College of Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
*June 2011
Completed the Master of Laws (LL.M.),
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
*September 2014
Private Secretary to the Special Advisor to the Prime Minister
*November 2015
Resigned from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
*July 2016
Elected for the first time to the House of Councillors
(Nara Prefecture Constituency)
*October 2018
Director, Committee on Economy and Industry,
House of Councillors
/ Deputy Director, Diet Affairs Committee (Economy and Industry),
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
*September 2019
Director, Committee on Rules and Administration,
House of Councillors
/ Deputy Director, Diet Affairs Committee (Rules and
Administration), LDP
*September 2020
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
/ Concurrently Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Cabinet Office
/ Concurrently Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction
(Suga Cabinet)
*November 2021
Deputy Director, LDP Youth Division
*July 2022
Re-elected to the House of Councillors
(Nara Prefecture Constituency)
*November 2022
Director, Committee on General Affairs, House of Councillors
/ Chief Director, Research Committee on Natural Resources,
Energy and Sustainable Society
/ Deputy Director, Diet Affairs Committee (General Affairs), LDP
/ Executive Member, LDP Tax System Research Commission
*September 2023
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance
(Second Kishida Cabinet, Second Reshuffle)
*January 2024
Director, Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries,
House of Councillors
/ Deputy Director, Diet Affairs Committee
(Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries), LDP
*November 2024
Director, Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries,
House of Councillors
/ Deputy Director, Diet Affairs Committee
(Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries / Economy and Industry), LDP
/ Director-General, LDP Committee on Public Safety,
Counterterrorism, and Cybercrime Measures
*October 2025
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Takaichi Cabinet)
(as of May 26,2026)