Born:
 October 17, 1967, Osaka Prefecture

Education:
 1991 University of Tokyo, Faculty of Economics

Career:
 1991 joined Ministry of Labour (now Ministry of
    Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW))
 1999 Director, Employment Security Division, Social
    Department, Nagano Prefecture
 2000 Director, General Coordination Department, Nagano
    Labour Bureau
 2004 First Secretary, Embassy of Japan in the United
    Kingdom
 2011 Counsellor, Regional Revitalization Bureau,
    Cabinet Secretariat
 2012 Counsellor, Minister's Secretariat, MHLW
 2014 seconded to Toyota Motor Corporation as an
    Assistant Section Chief of Toyota Institute
    (human resource development department)
 2016 elected to the House of Councillors

(as of July 30,2020)