Ms. KADA Yukiko'S PHOTOGRAPH OF THE FACE

Ms. KADA Yukiko

  • Nippon Ishin(Japan Innovation Party)
  • Elected 2019 and 2025, Proportional Representation
  • Current Responsibilities in the House of Councillors
    （as of November 2,2026)
    Committee on Judicial Affairs
    Committee on Audit
    Special Committee on Disasters Management and Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake

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 first elected to the Senate
 2025 second elected to the Senate
 
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)

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