
Born:
August 13, 1965, Yamanashi Prefecture
Education:
1984 Yamanashi Prefectural Kofu Nishi High School
Career:
1984 joined Kanagawa Totsuka Post Office
1996 Full-time Officer, Workers' Union
2007 formed Japan Postal Group Union (JPGU)
2017 Deputy Chairperson, the Central Executive
Committee, JPGU
2019 first elected to the Senate
2025 second elected to the Senate
(Major posts in the Senate)
2024 Chairman, Special Committee on Reconstruction
after the Great East Japan Earthquake
2025 Chairman, Committee on General Affairs
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)