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)