is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Gero, Gifu he attended Sophia University as an undergraduate. Upon graduation, he joined Sanwa Bank in 1985 and worked in Chicago, Illinois for five years from 1989. He entered The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ in 2004 as a currency trader. In 2009 he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time and has been subsequently re-elected in 2012, 2014 and 2017. References External links Official website in Japanese. Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Living people 1962 births Democratic Party of Japan politicians Japan Innovation Party politicians Democratic Party (Japan, 2016) politicians Sophia University alumni 21st-century Japanese politicians