Hideko Nishioka

Hideko Nishioka (西岡秀子, Nishioka Hideko) (born 15 March 1964) is a Japanese politician, representing Nagasaki 1st district in the House of Representatives; first for the Kibō no Tō and then for the Democratic Party For the People.

Hideko Nishioka
西岡 秀子
Nishioka in 2023
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 October 2017
Preceded by	Tsutomu Tomioka
Constituency	Nagasaki 1st
Personal details
Born	(1964-03-15) 15 March 1964 (age 61) Nagasaki, Japan
Political party	DPP (since 2018)
Other political affiliations	DPJ (before 2016) DP (2016–2017) Kibō (2017–2018)
Parent	Takeo Nishioka (father)
Alma mater	Gakushūin University

Political career

She earned a law degree from Gakushūin University, before becoming a parliamentary assistant to her father, a member of the House of Representatives of Japan.^[1]

In January 2016, she ran for office, nominated by the Democratic Party of Japan. She failed to be elected, and lost to incumbent councillor Genjirō Kaneko.^[2]

in the 2017 Japanese general election^[3] She ran against the incumbent MP Tsutomu Tomioka (ja), representing the Liberal Democratic Party.^[4][5] She won the election by a narrow margin, succeeding Tomioka and recovering her father's seat

She ran in the 2021 Japanese parliamentary elections, and retained her position.^[6]