Born:
May 18, 1950, Saitama Prefecture
Education:
1973 Kyoto University, Faculty of Agriculture
1975 University of Wisconsin, Master's course
1981 Kyoto University, Graduate School of Agriculture,
Doctoral course
1987 Kyoto University, Ph.D. in Agriculture
Career:
worked on research of Lake Biwa
1997 Chief Curator, Lake Biwa Museum
2000 Professor, Kyoto Seika University
2006 Governor, Shiga Prefecture (2 terms)
2014 President, Biwako Seikei Sport College
2019 elected to the House of Councillors
(as of May 11,2023)