Born:
 November 2, 1965, Ehime Prefecture
 
Education:
 1990 Meiji University, School of Law
 
Career:
 1990 joined Komei Shimbun (Komeito's organ, newspaper)
 2010 Director General, Kyushu Branch, Komei Shimbun
 2022 elected to the Senate
 
(Major post in the Senate)
 2026 Chairman, Special Committee on Disasters Management
    and Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake
 
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)