is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) who is the current member of the

House of Representatives House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often c ...

for Yamagata 3rd district. Kato was elected in the

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to the same seat as her father Koichi Kato, a longtime member of the House of Representatives for Yamagata Prefecture who had lost the seat in the 2012 general election. From 2006 to 2009, Kato was married to LDP politician

Kensuke Miyazaki is a Japanese politician. He served as a member of the House of Representatives for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) between 2012 and 2016. Biography Born in Tokyo, Miyazaki was educated at Waseda University. He went on to work at companies ...

, who later served as member for

Kyoto 3rd district Kyōto 3rd district (京都府第3区 ''Kyōto-fu dai-san-ku'' or simply 京都3区 ''Kyōto sanku'') is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It is located in South central Kyoto and consists of Kyoto city's Fushi ...

from 2012 to 2016.

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1979 births Living people People from Yamagata Prefecture 21st-century Japanese women politicians Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians 21st-century Japanese politicians {{Japan-politician-1970s-stub