is a Japanese politician and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet.

Overview

A native of Sapporo,

Hokkaidō is Japan's second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel. The la ...

and graduate of Aoyama Gakuin University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2003 after unsuccessful runs in 1996 and 2000. In 2010, Matsuki was expelled from the Democratic Party of Japan for voting in favor of a no-confidence motion in then- Prime Minister Naoto Kan. He was expelled from the party the same day and served the rest of the term as an independent. He ran for reelection in 2012 and 2013 as a member of the

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, but lost. In 2014 he ran as a candidate of the Japan Innovation Party and gained a Diet seat through the

Hokkaido proportional representation block The or in official usage the "Hokkaidō electoral district" (北海道選挙区, ''Hokkaidō senkyo-ku'') is one of eleven proportional representation (PR) blocks for the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It consists of Hokkaidō and ...

. In 2021 he won the

Hokkaido 2nd district is a single-member electoral district for the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. It is located in Sapporo, the prefectural capital of Hokkaido and consists of the Higashi ("East") ward and most of the Kita ...

as a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party after the LDP incumbent resigned over corruption accusations. Matsuki is affiliated to the openly revisionist organization Nippon Kaigi.Nippon Kaigi website

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* in Japanese. 1959 births Living people People from Sapporo Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Members of Nippon Kaigi Democratic Party of Japan politicians Aoyama Gakuin University alumni 21st-century Japanese politicians {{Japan-politician-1950s-stub