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is a Japanese actor and

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of the

Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan The (CDP or CDPJ) is a social-liberal political party in Japan. It was founded in October 2017 as a split from the Democratic Party ahead of the 2017 general election. In late 2020, the party was re-founded following a merger with majoritie ...

(CDP), a member of the

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in the

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(national legislature).

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A native of

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and graduate of the

University of Kitakyushu The is a public university in Kitakyushu, Japan. The main campus is located next to Keibajomae (lit. Horse Racing course) station on the Kitakyushu monorail. The second campus is in the academic zone of Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu called Gakujut ...

, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993 as an independent. He later joined the

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and then

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. In 2011, he assumed the office of Senior Vice-Minister of the Environment. After General Election 2012, which he lost the seat, he announced his retirement from politics and return to the entertainment industry.

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in which he played the role of Minister of the Environment is one of the most major movies after his return. He made a comeback to politics in 2017. He joined the CDP prior to the

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and subsequently ran in his former Oita 3rd district seat. He was defeated by the incumbent

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by a majority of 15,279 votes, but was elected in the proportional representation block.

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in Japanese. 1943 births Living people People from Ōita Prefecture Japanese male actors Japanese actor-politicians Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan politicians Democratic Party of Japan politicians Social Democratic Party (Japan) politicians 21st-century Japanese politicians {{Japan-politician-1940s-stub