is a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives for Japanese Communist Party. A native of Kyoto, and graduate of

Kyoto University , mottoeng = Freedom of academic culture , established = , type = National university, Public (National) , endowment = ¥ 316 billion (2.4 1000000000 (number), billion USD) , faculty = 3,480 (Teaching Staff) , administrative_staff ...

, he was elected to the first of his three terms in the city assembly of

Sakai, Osaka is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It has been one of the largest and most important seaports of Japan since the medieval era. Sakai is known for its keyhole-shaped burial mounds, or kofun, which date from the fifth century and inclu ...

in 1971 and then to his one term in the assembly of

Osaka Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 () and has a geographic area of . Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture ...

in 1983. After running unsuccessfully for the House of Councillors in 1986, he was elected to the house in 1988 but lost his seat in the following year. In 1990 he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time.

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in Japanese. 1942 births Living people Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Japanese Communist Party politicians People from Kyoto 21st-century Japanese politicians {{japan-politician-1940s-stub