Born:
 August 5, 1958, Kanagawa Prefecture
 
Education:
 1981 The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Agriculture
 1986 Cornell University, Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate
    School of Management (MBA)
 
Career:
 1981 joined Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
 1993 Member, House of Representatives (7 terms)
 2022 elected to the Senate
 
(Major posts in the Government)
 2000 Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Justice
 2004 Senior Vice-Minister of Finance
 
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)