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List of current members of the House of Councillors is a list of members of the House of Councillors in Japan's Upper House Members. The House of Councillors consists of 248 seats, 148 in constituencies and 100 in national proportional representation block.[1][2]
The term of office of members of the House of Councillors is six years, but half of them are elected every three years, so even if the House of Councillors election is held on the same day as the House of Representatives general election, half of them exist in the House of Councillors.[2]
Term Start | Term End | Note | |
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Class of 2019 | July 29, 2019 | July 28, 2025 | Members were elected in the 2019 Japanese House of Councillors election. |
Class of 2022 | July 26, 2022 | July 25, 2028 | Members were elected in the 2022 Japanese House of Councillors election. |
As of January 26, 2024.[3]
Office | Member | Party | Born | Constituency | |
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President | Hidehisa Otsuji |
Liberal Democratic | October 2, 1940 | Kagoshima | |
Vice President | Hiroyuki Nagahama |
Constitutional Democratic | October 2, 1958 | Chiba |
Party | Seats | |||||
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Class of 2019 | Class of 2022 | Total | Group | |||
Government | 66 | 76 | 142 | |||
Liberal Democratic | Liberal Democratic | 52 | 63 | 115 | 115 | |
Komeito | Komeito | 14 | 13 | 27 | 27 | |
Opposition | 48 | 43 | 91 | |||
Constitutional Democratic and Social Democratic | Constitutional Democratic | 21 | 15 | 36 | 39 | |
Social Democratic | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
Independent | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
Nippon Ishin no Kai and Free Education for All | Ishin | 8 | 12 | 20 | 21 | |
FEFA | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Democratic Party for the People and Independents | DPFP | 5 | 5 | 10 | 11 | |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Japanese Communist Party | Communist | 7 | 4 | 11 | 11 | |
Reiwa Shinsengumi | Reiwa | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | |
Anti-NHK | Independent | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
Okinawa Whirlwind | Independent | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
Unaffiliated | 9 | 4 | 13 | |||
Not belonging to the parliamentary group | President | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Vice President | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Sanseitō | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Independent | 7 | 3 | 10 | 10 | ||
Vacant | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
Vacant | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
Total | 124 | 124 | 248 |
Constituency | Class | Place | Member | Party | Born | Note | |
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Tokyo | Class of 2019[6] | #1 | Tamayo Marukawa |
Liberal Democratic | January 19, 1971 | ||
#2 | Natsuo Yamaguchi |
Komeito | July 12, 1952 | ||||
#3 | Yoshiko Kira |
Communist | September 14, 1982 | ||||
#4 | Ayaka Shiomura |
Constitutional Democratic | July 6, 1978 | ||||
#5 | Shun Otokita |
Ishin | September 21, 1983 | ||||
#6 | Keizō Takemi |
Liberal Democratic | November 5, 1951 | ||||
Class of 2022[7] | #1 | Kentaro Asahi |
Liberal Democratic | September 19, 1975 | |||
#2 | Toshiko Takeya |
Komeito | September 30, 1969 | ||||
#3 | Taku Yamazoe |
Communist | November 20, 1984 | ||||
#4 | Vacant | ||||||
#5 | Akiko Ikuina |
Liberal Democratic | April 28, 1968 | ||||
#6 | Taro Yamamoto |
Reiwa | November 24, 1974 |
Constituency | Class | Place | Member | Party | Born | Note | |
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Aichi | Class of 2019[8] | #1 | Yasuyuki Sakai |
Liberal Democratic | February 14, 1952 | ||
#2 | Kohei Otsuka |
Independent | October 5, 1959 | ||||
#3 | Maiko Tajima |
Constitutional Democratic | December 20, 1976 | ||||
#4 | Nobuo Yasue |
Komeito | June 26, 1987 | ||||
Class of 2022[9] | #1 | Masahito Fujikawa |
Liberal Democratic | July 8, 1960 | |||
#2 | Ryūji Satomi |
Komeito | October 17, 1967 | ||||
#3 | Yoshitaka Saitō | Constitutional Democratic | February 18, 1963 | ||||
#4 | Takae Itō |
DPFP | June 30, 1975 | ||||
Kanagawa | Class of 2019[10][11] | #1 | Vacant | ||||
#2 | Hiroe Makiyama |
Constitutional Democratic | September 29, 1964 | ||||
#3 | Sayaka Sasaki |
Komeito | January 18, 1981 | ||||
#4 | Motoko Mizuno |
Constitutional Democratic | April 9, 1970 | ||||
Class of 2022[11] | #1 | Junko Mihara |
Liberal Democratic | September 13, 1964 | |||
#2 | Shigefumi Matsuzawa |
Ishin | April 2, 1958 | ||||
#3 | Nobuhiro Miura | Komeito | March 5, 1975 | ||||
#4 | Keiichiro Asao |
Liberal Democratic | February 11, 1964 | ||||
Osaka | Class of 2019[12] | #1 | Mizuho Umemura | Ishin | September 10, 1978 | ||
#2 | Tōru Azuma | Ishin | September 16, 1966 | ||||
#3 | Hisatake Sugi |
Komeito | January 4, 1976 | ||||
#4 | Fusae Ohta |
Liberal Democratic | June 26, 1951 | ||||
Class of 2022[13] | #1 | Kaori Takagi |
Ishin | October 10, 1972 | |||
#2 | Rui Matsukawa |
Liberal Democratic | February 26, 1971 | ||||
#3 | Hitoshi Asada |
Ishin | December 29, 1950 | ||||
#4 | Hirotaka Ishikawa |
Komeito | September 12, 1973 | ||||
Saitama | Class of 2019[14] | #1 | Toshiharu Furukawa | Liberal Democratic | January 14, 1963 | ||
#2 | Hiroto Kumagai | Constitutional Democratic | March 23, 1962 | ||||
#3 | Katsuo Yakura |
Komeito | January 11, 1975 | ||||
#4 | Gaku Ito |
Communist | March 6, 1960 | ||||
Class of 2022[15] | #1 | Masakazu Sekiguchi |
Liberal Democratic | June 4, 1953 | |||
#2 | Kiyoshi Ueda |
Independent | May 15, 1948 | ||||
#3 | Makoto Nishida |
Komeito | August 27, 1962 | ||||
#4 | Mari Takagi | Constitutional Democratic | August 12, 1967 |
Constituency | Class | Place | Member | Party | Born | Note | |
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Hiroshima | Class of 2019[24][25] | #1 | Shinji Morimoto | Constitutional Democratic | May 2, 1973 | ||
#2 | Haruko Miyaguchi | Constitutional Democratic | March 5, 1976 | ||||
Class of 2022[26] | #1 | Yoichi Miyazawa |
Liberal Democratic | April 21, 1950 | |||
#2 | Eri Mikami | Independent | June 11, 1970 | ||||
Ibaraki | Class of 2019[27] | #1 | Ryōsuke Kōzuki |
Liberal Democratic | December 26, 1962 | ||
#2 | Takumi Onuma | Constitutional Democratic | December 21, 1985 | ||||
Class of 2022[28] | #1 | Akiyoshi Kato | Liberal Democratic | February 7, 1968 | |||
#2 | Makiko Dōgomi | Independent | September 15, 1975 | ||||
Kyoto | Class of 2019[29] | #1 | Shoji Nishida |
Liberal Democratic | September 19, 1958 | ||
#2 | Akiko Kurabayashi |
Communist | December 3, 1960 | ||||
Class of 2022[30] | #1 | Akira Yoshii | Liberal Democratic | January 2, 1967 | |||
#2 | Tetsuro Fukuyama |
Constitutional Democratic | January 19, 1962 | ||||
Shizuoka | Class of 2019[31] | #1 | Takao Makino |
Liberal Democratic | January 1, 1959 | ||
#2 | Kazuya Shinba |
DPFP | April 25, 1967 | ||||
Class of 2022[32] | #1 | Yohei Wakabayashi | Liberal Democratic | December 24, 1971 | |||
#2 | Sachiko Hirayama | Independent | January 3, 1971 |
Party | Place | Member | Born | Note | |
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Liberal Democratic | #1 | Yasushi Miura |
April 9, 1973 | ||
#2 | Yoshifumi Tsuge |
October 11, 1945 | |||
#3 | Taro Yamada |
May 12, 1967 | |||
#4 | Masamune Wada |
October 14, 1974 | |||
#5 | Masahisa Sato |
October 23, 1960 | |||
#6 | Nobuaki Sato |
November 8, 1947 | |||
#7 | Seiko Hashimoto |
October 5, 1964 | |||
#8 | Toshio Yamada |
November 29, 1946 | |||
#9 | Haruko Arimura |
September 21, 1970 | |||
#10 | Masahiro Ishida |
May 20, 1967 | |||
#11 | Akiko Honda |
September 29, 1971 | |||
#12 | Seiichi Eto |
October 1, 1947 | |||
#13 | Takashi Hanyūda |
March 28, 1948 | |||
#14 | Masao Miyazaki |
December 3, 1963 | |||
#15 | Akiko Santō |
May 11, 1942 | |||
#16 | Masaaki Akaike |
July 19, 1961 | |||
#17 | Natsumi Higa |
October 3, 1958 | |||
#18 | Hiroshi Nakada |
September 20, 1964 | |||
#19 | Masashi Tanaka | October 11, 1965 | |||
Constitutional Democratic | #1 | Makiko Kishi | March 24, 1976 | ||
#2 | Shunichi Mizuoka |
June 13, 1956 | |||
#3 | Masahito Ozawa | August 13, 1965 | |||
#4 | Saori Yoshikawa |
October 9, 1976 | |||
#5 | Takashi Moriya | June 28, 1967 | |||
#6 | Ryūhei Kawada |
January 12, 1976 | |||
#7 | Taiga Ishikawa | July 3, 1974 | |||
Komeito | #1 | Kanae Yamamoto |
May 14, 1971 | ||
#2 | Hiroshi Yamamoto |
December 9, 1954 | |||
#3 | Kaneshige Wakamatsu |
August 5, 1955 | |||
#4 | Yoshihiro Kawano |
December 1, 1977 | |||
#5 | Hideki Niizuma |
July 22, 1970 | |||
#6 | Daisaku Hiraki |
October 16, 1974 | |||
#7 | Hiroaki Shiota | January 19, 1962 | |||
Ishin | #1 | Satoshi Umemura |
February 13, 1975 | ||
#2 | Takumi Shibata | December 11, 1960 | |||
#3 | Hirofumi Yanagase |
November 8, 1974 | |||
#4 | Takeshi Fujimaki | June 3, 1950 | |||
Communist | #1 | Akira Koike |
June 9, 1960 | ||
#2 | Yoshiki Yamashita | February 27, 1960 | |||
#3 | Satoshi Inoue | May 5, 1958 | |||
#4 | Tomoko Kami |
January 13, 1955 | |||
DPFP | #1 | Mami Tamura |
April 23, 1976 | ||
#2 | Tetsuji Isozaki |
April 7, 1969 | |||
#3 | Yoshifumi Hamano |
December 21, 1960 | |||
Reiwa | #1 | Yasuhiko Funago |
October 4, 1957 | ||
#2 | Eiko Kimura | May 11, 1965 | |||
Social Democratic | #1 | Yuko Ōtsubaki | August 14, 1973 | ||
Independent | ー | Genki Sudo |
March 8, 1978 | ||
ー | Muneo Suzuki |
January 31, 1948 | |||
ー | Satoshi Hamada | May 11, 1977 |
Party | Place | Member | Born | Note | |
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Liberal Democratic | #1 | Kazuhiro Fujii | December 23, 1977 | ||
#2 | Daisuke Kajihara | October 29, 1973 | |||
#3 | Ken Akamatsu |
July 5, 1968 | |||
#4 | Hideharu Hasegawa | May 7, 1959 | |||
#5 | Shigeharu Aoyama |
July 25, 1952 | |||
#6 | Satsuki Katayama |
May 9, 1959 | |||
#7 | Toshiyuki Adachi |
May 20, 1954 | |||
#8 | Hanako Jimi |
February 15, 1976 | |||
#9 | Shinya Fujiki |
February 25, 1967 | |||
#10 | Hiroshi Yamada |
January 8, 1958 | |||
#11 | Rio Tomonō | November 18, 1980 | |||
#12 | Eriko Yamatani |
September 19, 1950 | |||
#13 | Yoshiyuki Inoue | March 12, 1963 | |||
#14 | Kanehiko Shindo |
July 7, 1963 | |||
#15 | Eriko Imai |
September 22, 1983 | |||
#16 | Masashi Adachi |
September 27, 1959 | |||
#17 | Masayuki Kamiya | January 6, 1979 | |||
#18 | Toshiyuki Ochi |
March 9, 1978 | |||
Ishin | #1 | Akira Ishii | May 6, 1957 | ||
#2 | Mitsuko Ishii |
February 25, 1954 | |||
#3 | Akemi Matsuno |
April 27, 1968 | |||
#4 | Kiyoshi Nakajo | March 4, 1946 | |||
#5 | Naoki Inose |
November 20, 1946 | |||
#6 | Michihito Kaneko | February 20, 1970 | |||
#7 | Seiichi Kushida |
June 20, 1958 | |||
#8 | Kenta Aoshima |
April 7, 1958 | |||
Constitutional Democratic | #1 | Kiyomi Tsujimoto |
April 28, 1960 | ||
#2 | Makoto Oniki | December 7, 1963 | |||
#3 | Makoto Kage | November 25, 1966 | |||
#4 | Shinichi Shiba | September 14, 1964 | |||
#5 | Kyoko Murata |
May 16, 1983 | |||
#6 | Ai Aoki |
August 18, 1965 | |||
#7 | Michihiro Ishibashi | July 1, 1965 | |||
Komeito | #1 | Shinji Takeuchi | March 19, 1964 | ||
#2 | Shinichi Yokoyama |
July 21, 1959 | |||
#3 | Masaaki Taniai |
April 27, 1973 | |||
#4 | Tetsuya Kubota | November 2, 1965 | |||
#5 | Isamu Ueda |
August 5, 1958 | |||
#6 | Masaru Miyazaki |
March 18, 1958 | |||
Communist | #1 | Tomoko Tamura |
July 4, 1965 | ||
#2 | Sohei Nihi |
October 16, 1963 | |||
#3 | Tomo Iwabuchi |
October 3, 1976 | |||
DPFP | #1 | Hitoshi Takezume |
February 6, 1969 | ||
#2 | Makoto Hamaguchi |
May 18, 1965 | |||
#3 | Takanori Kawai |
January 29, 1964 | |||
Reiwa | #1 | Daisuke Tenbata |
December 29, 1981 | ||
#2 | Kusuo Oshima |
June 11, 1961 | |||
Sanseitō | #1 | Sohei Kamiya |
October 12, 1977 | ||
Social Democratic | #1 | Mizuho Fukushima |
December 24, 1955 | ||
Independent | ー | Kenichiro Saito | December 25, 1980 |
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