Hokkaido Legislative Assembly

The Hokkaido Legislative Assembly (北海道議会, Hokkaidōgikai) is the prefectural parliament of Hokkaido.

Hokkaido Legislative Assembly 北海道議会
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Chairman	Noritoshi Murata, LDP
Vice Chairman	Tooru Takahashi, CDP
Structure
Seats	100
Political groups	Government (61)   LDP (53)   Kōmeitō (8) Opposition (39)   CDP (27)   Yūshikai (9)   JCP (3)
Elections
Last election	7 April 2019
Meeting place
The Hokkaido Legislative Assembly building in Sapporo
Website
www.gikai.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp

History

In April 2019, Ayako Fuchigami was elected to this assembly, becoming the first openly transgender person elected to a Japanese prefectural assembly.^[1]

Members

As of 3 September 2019^[2]

Constituency	Members	Party
Chūō Ward	Hidemori Chiba	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Chūō Ward	Masashi Fujikawa	Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Chūō Ward	Hisako Higaki	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Kita Ward	Yasunori Dōmi	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Kita Ward	Shiho Nakanowatari	Komeito
Kita Ward	Masahiro Yamane	Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Kita Ward	Takamasa Yoshikawa	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Higashi Ward	Hiromi Achira	Komeito
Higashi Ward	Ayako Fuchigami	Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Higashi Ward	Jun Miyakawa	Japanese Communist Party
Higashi Ward	Yasuji Watanabe	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Shiroishi Ward	Mayumi Hirota	Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Shiroishi Ward	Shōichi Itō	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Shiroishi Ward	Shigeyuki Mori	Komeito
Atsubetsu Ward	Masaru Hanasaki	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Atsubetsu Ward	Kazutada Sugawara	Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Toyohira Ward	Takefumi Matsuyama	Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Toyohira Ward	Atsuko Ookoshi [ja]	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Toyohira Ward	Yūki Yoshida	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Kiyota Ward	Daishi Kajiya	Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Kiyota Ward	Junichi Miyashita	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Minami Ward	Minori Hatakeyama	Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Minami Ward	Takahiro Katō	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Nishi Ward	Kōji Maruiwa	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Nishi Ward	Hiromitsu Takeda	Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Nishi Ward	Noritomo Wada	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Teine Ward	Takashi Kadoya	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Teine Ward	Yasuko Suda	Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Hakodate	Yōko Hirade	Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Hakodate	Hideyuki Kawajiri	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Hakodate	Toshio Sasaki	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Hakodate	Takashi Shigatani	Komeito
Hakodate	Tōru Takahashi	Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Otaru City	Morishige Hatta	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Otaru City	Yōko Kikuchi	Japanese Communist Party
Otaru City	Tadahiro Satō	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Asahikawa City	Kuniyoshi Azuma	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Asahikawa City	Takanobu Azumi	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Asahikawa City	Kaoru Kasagi	Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Asahikawa City	Noriko Mashita [ja]	Japanese Communist Party
Asahikawa City	Masakado Matsumoto	Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Asahikawa City	Nobuhisa Terashima	Komeito
Muroran	Hideya Chiba	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Muroran	Nobuyoshi Takiguchi	Hokkaidō Yūshikai
Kushiro City	Ryūji Kasai	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Kushiro City	Katsunori Mibu	Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Kushiro City	Yasunori Obata	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Kushiro City	Hideki Tanaka	Komeito
Obihiro City	Takeo Mitsu	Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Obihiro City	Mitsushige Murata	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Obihiro City	Takuya Shimizu	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Kitami City	Kenji Funabashi	Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Kitami City	Kazuma Suzuki	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Iwamizawa City	Ataru Muraki	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Iwamizawa City	Hirotoshi Nakagawa	Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Abashiri City	Jun’ya Satō	Hokkaidō Yūshikai
Tomakomai City	Kunio Andō	Komeito
Tomakomai City	Ren Endō	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Tomakomai City	Kiyoshi Okita	Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Wakkanai City	Masato Yoshida	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Ebetsu City	Yoshiaki Hoshi	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Ebetsu City	Jun Kiba	Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Nayoro City	Hidetoshi Nakano	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Nemuro City	Munenobu Matsuura	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Chitose City	Noriyuki Ōta	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Chitose City	Yōichi Umeo	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Takikawa City	Akihiro Ōkawa	Hokkaidō Yūshikai
Noboribetsu City	Kōsuke Akane	Hokkaidō Yūshikai
Eniwa City	Yoshinori Tanaka	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Date City	Tomoyasu Nakayama	Hokkaidō Yūshikai
Kitahiroshima City	Hitoshi Koiwa	Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Hokuto City	Naoto Takiguchi	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Sorachi	Shōgo Aratō	Komeito
Sorachi	Hisao Inamura	Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Sorachi	Shōji Shirakawa	Hokkaidō Yūshikai
Sorachi	Mami Uemura	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Ishikari	Hideaki Ikehata	Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Ishikari	Daisuke Sasaki	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Shiribeshi	Shūji Ichihashi	Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Shiribeshi	Noritoshi Murata	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Iburi	Noriomi Kanbe	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Hidaka	Sumio Fujisawa	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Hidaka	Bukichi Kanaiwa	Hokkaidō Yūshikai
Oshima	Hiroshi Sasada	Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Oshima	Akira Tomihara	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Hiyama	Takayuki Uchida	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Kamikawa	Isao Honma	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Kamikawa	Yūkō Kitaguchi	Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Kamikawa	Hidenobu Takeuchi	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Rumoi	Takahiro Asano [ja]	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Sōya	Masashi Miyoshi	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Okhotsk East	Fumiaki Takahashi	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Okhotsk West	Yūta Kuboaki	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Okhotsk West	Tōru Niinuma	Hokkaidō Yūshikai
Tokachi	Ryūji Ikemoto	Hokkaidō Yūshikai
Tokachi	Ryūichi Kita	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Tokachi	Masashi Koizumi	Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Tokachi	Tōru Ōtani	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Kushiro	Shigeo Kirinoki	LDP/Dōminkaigi
Nemuro	Tetsuo Nakatsukasa	LDP/Dōminkaigi

A list of past members is available at the assembly's website.^[3]

References

1. "Japan's first transgender prefectural assembly member elected in Hokkaido". Mainichi Shimbun. April 9, 2019. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
2. http://www03.gikai.pref.hokkaido.jp/pamphlet/pamphlet-31zenki_4-9.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
3. "歴代議員名簿 ｜ 北海道議会事務局". www.gikai.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp. Retrieved 2019-10-21.

External links

• Media related to Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly at Wikimedia Commons
• 北海道議会 (Japanese)