AUGUST 1966 BORN IN TAKAOKA-CHO, MIYAZAKI CITY, MIYAZAKI PREFECTURE (AGE 56)
MARCH 1992 GRADUATED FROM HOSEI UNIVERSITY, SECOND FACULTY OF LAW, DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
APRIL 1991 JOINED THE MIYAZAKI PREFECTURAL GOVERNMENT
APRIL 1999 ELECTED TO THE MIYAZAKI PREFECTURAL ASSEMBLY (2 TERMS)
JULY 2004 ELECTED TO THE 20TH HOUSE OF COUNCILORS
JULY 2010: RE-ELECTED TO THE 22ND HOUSE OF COUNCILLORS ELECTION
JUNE 2011 HOUSE OF COUNCILLORS DISASTER COUNTERMEASURES SPECIAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
DECEMBER 2012 PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY FOR LAND, INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND TOURISM
OCTOBER 2013 VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S POLICY RESEARCH COUNCIL, VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S POLICY COUNCIL IN THE HOUSE OF COUNCILLORS
OCTOBER 2014 CHAIRMAN OF THE GENERAL AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY
OCTOBER 2015 DEPUTY MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS AND DEPUTY MINISTER OF THE CABINET OFFICE
JULY 2016 RE-ELECTED TO THE 24TH HOUSE OF COUNCILLORS
AUGUST, 2017 DIRECTOR GENERAL OF PERSONNEL BUREAU, LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY
OCTOBER, 2008 CHAIRMAN OF THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY
SEPTEMBER 2022 CHAIRMAN OF THE FINANCE AND MONETARY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY
OCTOBER 2020: CHAIRMAN OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE (ODA) OF THE HOUSE OF COUNCILLORS
CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE OF COUNCILLORS SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF POLITICAL ETHICS AND THE ELECTION SYSTEM, DECEMBER 2021.
CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE OF COUNCILLORS POLITICAL ETHICS EXAMINATION COMMITTEE, OCTOBER 2022