is a former Japanese politician of Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, formerly of the Liberal Democratic Party and Your Party, who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
A native of Fukuoka Prefecture, he attended Silliman University in Philippines while he was an undergraduate at International Christian University. He also received a master's degree from the Institute of Education at the University of London. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005.