List of members of the Sangiin (23rd legislative term)
This list shows the members of the Sangiin , the upper house of the Japanese National Assembly ( Kokkai ), in the 23rd electoral term (2013-2016). The 184th (Extraordinary) National Assembly, the first session after the 2013 Sangiin election , opened on August 2, 2013.
Factions
Parliamentary group (abbreviation) | Election result (parties) ( Sangiin election 2013 ) |
Beginning of the legislative period (184th Kokkai) |
As of September 20, 2014 (before 187th Kokkai) |
Accesses | Departures | balance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Jiyūminshutō |
115 | 114 | 114 | Horiuchi (replacement) | Yamazaki M. (President) | 0 |
Democratic Party / Shinryokufūkai (DPJ) Minshutō ・ Shinryokufūkai |
59 | 59 | 58 | Koshiishi (Vice President) | −1 | |
Kōmeitō | 20th | 20th | 20th | 0 | ||
Minna no Tō (Minna) | 18th | 18th | 12 | Tanaka S. (replacement) | Ono (leaving) Kawada (leaving) Shibata (leaving) Terata (leaving) Fujimaki Y. (leaving) Mayama (leaving) Eguchi (leaving) |
−6 |
Communist Party of Japan (CPJ) Nihon Kyōsantō |
11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | ||
Nippon Ishin no Kai / Yui no Tō (Ishin) (until April 2014 only Ishin no Kai) |
9 | 9 | 11 |
Ono (group) Kawada (group) Shibata (group) Terata (group) Mayama (group) |
Inoki (leaving) Nakano (leaving) Nakayama (leaving) |
+2 |
Jisedai no Tō (Jisedai) (split from Ishin no Kai in August 2014) |
- | - | 4th | Inoki (foundation) Nakano (foundation) Nakayama (foundation) Eguchi (accession) |
+4 | |
Social Democratic Party (SDP) / "Confederation for the Protection of the Constitution" Shakaiminshutō ・ goken rengō |
3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
Shintō Kaikaku (Kaikaku) / "Assembly of Independents" Shintō Kaikaku ・ mushozoku no kai |
1 (Kaikaku) | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
Seikatsu no Tō (Seikatsu) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
Yui no Tō (Yui) (parliamentary group since February 2014; joint parliamentary group with Ishin no Kai since April 2014) |
- | - | - | Ono (Founding) Kawada (Founding) Shibata (Founding) Terata (Founding) Fujimaki Y. (Founding) Mayama (Founding) |
Fujimaki Y. † Ono (faction community) Kawada (faction community) Shibata (faction community) Terata (faction community) Mayama (faction community) |
0 |
Non-attached | 3 (Independent) 1 ( Shadaitō ) |
2 | 4th |
Yamazaki M. (President) Koshiishi (Vice President) |
+2 | |
total | 242 | 241 | 242 | +1 |
Bureau
- president
- Yamazaki Masaaki, non-attached (previously Liberal Democratic Party), 2013–
- Vice President
- Koshiishi Azuma, non-attached (previously Democratic Party), 2013–
Cabinets
- At the beginning of the session: Abe II's cabinet
MPs
Remarks:
- The column “ Term of Office ” lists the number of [re] elections ( tōsen kaisū ), which includes shortened terms of office as successors ( kuriage tōsen ) or after by-elections ( hoketsu bekyo ). The previous elections were not in all cases in the same constituency. This does not include terms of office as a member of the Shūgiin.
- Changes in membership or parliamentary groups from the previous electoral term are not listed, including those who were elected in 2010 and whose term of office ends in 2016. Only changes of parliamentary group after the 2013 election are noted in the “Other” column.
- Due to a change in the number of seats in four prefectures (Fukushima, Gifu, Kanagawa, Osaka), which will be implemented in the 2013 and 2016 elections, these four will each be represented by an odd number of members in the 23rd electoral term.
Surname | fraction | Constituency or proportional representation |
Term expires |
Term of office | Others |
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Adachi Shin'ya | DPJ | Ōita | 2016 | 2 | |
Aichi Jirō | LDP | Miyagi | 2019 | 3 | |
Aihara Kumiko | DPJ | Proportional representation | 2019 | 2 | |
Akaike Masaaki | LDP | Proportional representation | 2019 | 1 | |
Akaishi Kiyomi | LDP | Proportional representation | 2016 | 1 | |
Akino Kozo | Kōmeitō | Proportional representation | 2016 | 1 | |
Aoki Kazuhiko | LDP | Shimane | 2016 | 1 | |
Arai Hiroyuki | Kaikaku | Proportional representation | 2016 | 2 | |
Araki Kiyohiro | Kōmeitō | Proportional representation | 2016 | 4th | |
Arimura Haruko | LDP | Proportional representation | 2019 | 3 | |
Arita Yoshifu | DPJ | Proportional representation | 2016 | 1 | |
Azuma Tōru | Ishin | Osaka | 2019 | 1 | |
Baba Seishi | LDP | Kumamoto | 2019 | 1 | |
Daimon Mikishi | KPJ | Proportional representation | 2016 | 3 | |
Date Chūichi | LDP | Hokkaidō | 2019 | 3 | |
Dōko Shigeru | LDP | Toyama | 2019 | 1 | |
Eda Satsuki | DPJ | Okayama | 2016 | 4th | |
Eguchi Katsuhiko | Jisedai | Proportional representation | 2016 | 1 | Elected for the Minna no Tō , leaving and joining the Jisedai no Tō in August 2014 (left the party in July 2014) |
Ejima Kiyoshi | LDP | Yamaguchi | 2016 | 1 | |
Esaki Takashi | DPJ | Proportional representation | 2016 | 1 | |
Etō Seiichi | LDP | Proportional representation | 2019 | 2 | |
Fujii Motoyuki | LDP | Proportional representation | 2016 | 2 | |
Fujikawa Masahito | LDP | Aichi | 2016 | 1 | |
Fujimaki Takeshi | Ishin | Proportional representation | 2019 | 1 | |
Fujimaki Yukio | Yui | Proportional representation | 2016 | 1 | Minna no Tō , leaving and founding the Yui no Tō in December 2013 (party) / February 2014 (parliamentary group); † March 16, 2014 |
Fujimoto Yūji | DPJ | Shizuoka | 2016 | 2 | |
Fujisue Kenzō | DPJ | Proportional representation | 2016 | 2 | |
Fujita Yukihisa | DPJ | Ibaraki | 2019 | 2 | |
Fukuoka Takamaro | LDP | saga | 2016 | 1 | |
Fukushima Mizuho | SDP | Proportional representation | 2016 | 3 | |
Fukuyama Tetsuro | DPJ | Kyoto | 2016 | 3 | |
Furukawa Toshiharu | LDP | Saitama | 2019 | 2 | |
Gima Mitsuo | Ishin | Proportional representation | 2019 | 1 | |
Gunji Akira | DPJ | Ibaraki | 2016 | 3 | |
Haku Shinkun | DPJ | Proportional representation | 2016 | 2 | |
Hamada Kazuyuki | Kaikaku | Tottori | 2016 | 1 | Non-party |
Hamada Masayoshi | Kōmeitō | Proportional representation | 2016 | 2 | |
Hamano Yoshifumi | DPJ | Proportional representation | 2019 | 1 | |
Hanyūda Takashi | LDP | Proportional representation | 2019 | 1 | |
Hasegawa Gaku | LDP | Hokkaidō | 2016 | 1 | |
Hashimoto Seiko | LDP | Proportional representation | 2019 | 4th | |
Hata Yūichirō | DPJ | Nagano | 2019 | 4th | |
Hayashi Kumiko | DPJ | Shiga | 2016 | 2 | |
Hayashi Yoshimasa | LDP | Yamaguchi | 2019 | 4th | |
Hiraki Daisaku | Kōmeitō | Proportional representation | 2019 | 1 | |
Hirano Tatsuo | Kaikaku | Iwate | 2019 | 3 | Non-party |
Hirota Hajime | DPJ | Kochi | 2016 | 2 | |
Horii Iwao | LDP | Nara | 2019 | 1 | |
Horiuchi Tsuneo | LDP | Proportional representation | 2016 | 1 | Successor in August 2013 for Nakamura Hirohiko, who died before the opening of the 184th Kokkai |
Ichida Tadayoshi | KPJ | Proportional representation | 2016 | 3 | |
Ihara Takumi | LDP | Ehime | 2019 | 1 | |
Inoguchi Kuniko | LDP | Chiba | 2016 | 1 | |
Antonio Inoki | Jisedai | Proportional representation | 2019 | 2 | Elected for the Nippon Ishin no Kai , foundation of the Jisedai no Tō in August 2014 |
Inoue Satoshi | KPJ | Proportional representation | 2019 | 3 | |
Inoue Yoshiyuki | Minna | Proportional representation | 2019 | 1 | |
Ishibashi Michihiro | DPJ | Proportional representation | 2016 | 1 | |
Ishida Masahiro | LDP | Proportional representation | 2019 | 1 | |
Ishigami Toshio | DPJ | Proportional representation | 2019 | 1 | |
Ishii Hirō | LDP | Akita | 2016 | 1 | |
Ishii Jun'ichi | LDP | Chiba | 2019 | 2 | |
Ishii Masahiro | LDP | Okayama | 2019 | 1 | |
Ishii Midori | LDP | Proportional representation | 2019 | 2 | |
Ishikawa Hirotaka | Kōmeitō | Osaka | 2016 | 1 | |
Isozaki Tetsuji | DPJ | Proportional representation | 2019 | 1 | |
Isozaki Yoshihiko | LDP | Kagawa | 2016 | 1 | |
Isozaki Yosuke | LDP | Ōita | 2019 | 2 | |
Itokazu Keiko | non-attached | Okinawa | 2019 | 3 | Member of the Okinawa Shakai Taishūtō |
Iwai Shigeki | LDP | Shizuoka | 2016 | 1 | |
Iwaki Mitsuhide | LDP | Fukushima | 2016 | 3 | |
Kami Tomoko | KPJ | Proportional representation | 2019 | 3 | |
Kamimoto Mieko | DPJ | Proportional representation | 2019 | 3 | |
Kaneko Genjirō | LDP | Nagasaki | 2016 | 1 | |
Kaneko Yōichi | DPJ | Kanagawa | 2016 | 2 | |
Katayama Satsuki | LDP | Proportional representation | 2016 | 1 | |
Katayama Toranosuke | Ishin | Proportional representation | 2016 | 4th | |
Katō Toshiyuki | DPJ | Proportional representation | 2016 | 2 | |
Kawada Ryuhei | Ishin | Proportional representation | 2019 | 2 | Minna no Tō , resignation and founding of Yui no Tō in December 2013 (party) / February 2014 (parliamentary group) |
Kawano Yoshihiro | Kōmeitō | Proportional representation | 2019 | 1 | |
Kazama Naoki | DPJ | Niigata | 2019 | 2 | |
Kimura Yoshio | LDP | Proportional representation | 2019 | 1 | |
Kira Yoshiko | KPJ | Tokyo | 2019 | 1 | |
Kishi Koichi | LDP | Yamagata | 2016 | 3 | |
Kitagawa Issei | LDP | Osaka | 2016 | 2 | |
Kitamura Tsuneo | LDP | Proportional representation | 2019 | 1 | |
Kitazawa Toshimi | DPJ | Nagano | 2016 | 4th | |
Kobayashi Masao | DPJ | Proportional representation | 2016 | 2 | |
Kōda Kuniko | Minna | Saitama | 2019 | 2 | |
Koga Yūichirō | LDP | Nagasaki | 2019 | 1 | |
Koike Akira | KPJ | Proportional representation | 2019 | 3 | |
Koizumi Akio | LDP | Kanagawa | 2016 | 2 | |
Komiyama Yoshiharu | DPJ | Gifu | 2016 | 1 | |
Konishi Hiroyuki | DPJ | Chiba | 2016 | 1 | |
Konoike Yoshitada | LDP | Hyogo | 2019 | 4th | |
Kosaka Kenji | LDP | Proportional representation | 2016 | 1 | |
Koshiishi Azuma | non-attached | Yamanashi | 2016 | 3 | DPJ , non-attached since the election as Vice President |
Kōzuki Ryōsuke | LDP | Ibaraki | 2019 | 1 | |
Kumagai Yutaka | LDP | Miyagi | 2016 | 1 | |
Kurabayashi Akiko | KPJ | Kyoto | 2019 | 1 | |
Maeda Takeshi | DPJ | Proportional representation | 2016 | 2 | |
Maekawa Kiyoshige | DPJ | Nara | 2016 | 2 | |
Maitachi Shōji | LDP | Tottori | 2019 | 1 | |
Makino Takao | LDP | Shizuoka | 2019 | 2 | |
Makiyama Hiroe | DPJ | Kanagawa | 2019 | 2 | |
Marukawa Tamayo | LDP | Tokyo | 2019 | 2 | |
Maruyama Kazuya | LDP | Proportional representation | 2019 | 2 | |
Mashiko Teruhiko | DPJ | Fukushima | 2016 | 2 | |
Mataichi Seiji | SDP | Proportional representation | 2019 | 3 | |
Matsuda Kōta | Minna | Tokyo | 2016 | 1 | |
Matsumura Yoshifumi | LDP | Kumamoto | 2016 | 2 | |
Matsushita Shimpei | LDP | Miyazaki | 2016 | 2 | |
Matsuyama Masaji | LDP | Fukuoka | 2019 | 3 | |
Matsuzawa Shigefumi | Minna | Kanagawa | 2019 | 1 | |
Mayama Yūichi | Ishin | Proportional representation | 2016 | 1 | Minna no Tō , resignation and founding of Yui no Tō in December 2013 (party) / February 2014 (parliamentary group) |
Mihara Junko | LDP | Proportional representation | 2016 | 1 | |
Miki Tōru | LDP | Tokushima | 2019 | 1 | |
Miyake Shingo | LDP | Kagawa | 2019 | 1 | |
Miyamoto Shūji | LDP | Proportional representation | 2019 | 1 | |
Miyazawa Yōichi | LDP | Hiroshima | 2016 | 1 | |
Mizote Kensei | LDP | Hiroshima | 2019 | 2 | |
Mizuno Ken'ichi | Minna | Chiba | 2016 | 1 | |
Mizuochi Toshiei | LDP | Proportional representation | 2016 | 2 | |
Mizuoka Shun'ichi | DPJ | Hyogo | 2016 | 2 | |
Mori Masako | LDP | Fukushima | 2019 | 2 | |
Morimoto Shinji | DPJ | Hiroshima | 2019 | 1 | |
Moriya Hiroshi | LDP | Yamanashi | 2019 | 1 | |
Muroi Kunihiko | Ishin | Proportional representation | 2019 | 2 | |
Nagahama Hiroyuki | DPJ | Chiba | 2019 | 2 | |
Nagamine Makoto | LDP | Miyazaki | 2019 | 1 | |
Nagasawa Hiroaki | Kōmeitō | Proportional representation | 2016 | 1 | |
Nakagawa Masaharu | LDP | Tokyo | 2016 | 2 | |
Nakahara Yaichi | LDP | Niigata | 2016 | 1 | |
Nakaizumi Matsuji | LDP | Akita | 2019 | 1 | |
Nakanishi Kenji | Minna | Kanagawa | 2016 | 1 | |
Nakanishi Yūsuke | LDP | Tokushima | 2016 | 1 | |
Nakano Masashi | Jisedai | Proportional representation | 2019 | 1 | Elected for the Nippon Ishin no Kai , foundation of the Jisedai no Tō in August 2014 |
Nakasone Hirofumi | LDP | Gunma | 2016 | 5 | |
Nakayama Kyōko | Jisedai | Proportional representation | 2019 | 2 | Elected for the Nippon Ishin no Kai , foundation of the Jisedai no Tō in August 2014 |
Namba Shōji | DPJ | Proportional representation | 2016 | 1 | |
Naoshima Masayuki | DPJ | Proportional representation | 2016 | 4th | |
Nataniya Masayoshi | DPJ | Proportional representation | 2016 | 2 | |
Nihi Sōhei | KPJ | Proportional representation | 2019 | 2 | |
Niizuma Hideki | Kōmeitō | Proportional representation | 2019 | 1 | |
Ninoyu Satoshi | LDP | Kyoto | 2016 | 2 | |
Ninoyu Takeshi | LDP | Shiga | 2019 | 1 | |
Nishida Makoto | Kōmeitō | Saitama | 2016 | 2 | |
Nishida Shōji | LDP | Kyoto | 2019 | 2 | |
Nishimura Masami | DPJ | Proportional representation | 2016 | 1 | |
Noda Kuniyoshi | DPJ | Fukuoka | 2019 | 1 | |
Nogami Kōtaro | LDP | Toyama | 2016 | 2 | |
Nomura Tetsurō | LDP | Kagoshima | 2016 | 2 | |
Odachi Motoyuki | DPJ | Osaka | 2016 | 2 | |
Ogawa Katsuya | DPJ | Hokkaidō | 2019 | 4th | |
Ogawa Toshio | DPJ | Tokyo | 2016 | 3 | |
Ōie Satoshi | LDP | Fukuoka | 2016 | 1 | |
Okada Hiroshi | LDP | Ibaraki | 2016 | 3 | |
Okada Naoki | LDP | Ishikawa | 2016 | 2 | |
Ōkubo Tsutomu | DPJ | Fukuoka | 2016 | 2 | |
Ono Jirō | Ishin | Proportional representation | 2016 | 1 | Minna no Tō , resignation and founding of Yui no Tō in December 2013 (party) / February 2014 (parliamentary group) |
Ōno Motohiro | DPJ | Saitama | 2016 | 1 | |
Ōno Yasutada | LDP | Gifu | 2019 | 1 | |
Ōnuma Mizuho | LDP | Yamagata | 2019 | 1 | |
Ōshima Kusuo | DPJ | Proportional representation | 2019 | 2 | |
Ōta Fusae | LDP | Proportional representation | 2019 | 1 | |
Otsuji Hidehisa | LDP | Kagoshima | 2019 | 5 | |
Ōtsuka Kōhei | DPJ | Aichi | 2019 | 3 | |
Renhō | DPJ | Tokyo | 2016 | 2 | |
Saitō Yoshitaka | DPJ | Aichi | 2016 | 1 | |
Sakai Yasuyuki | LDP | Aichi | 2019 | 1 | |
Sakurai Mitsuru | DPJ | Miyagi | 2016 | 3 | |
Santō Akiko | LDP | Proportional representation | 2019 | 7th | |
Sasaki Sayaka | Kōmeitō | Kanagawa | 2019 | 1 | |
Satō Masahisa | LDP | Proportional representation | 2019 | 2 | |
Satō Nobuaki | LDP | Proportional representation | 2019 | 2 | |
Satō Yukari | LDP | Proportional representation | 2016 | 1 | |
Sekiguchi Masakazu | LDP | Saitama | 2016 | 3 | |
Sekō Hiroshige | LDP | Wakayama | 2019 | 4th | |
Shiba Hirokazu | DPJ | Mie | 2016 | 2 | |
Shibata Takumi | Ishin | Proportional representation | 2016 | 1 | Minna no Tō , resignation and founding of Yui no Tō in December 2013 (party) / February 2014 (parliamentary group) |
Shimada Saburō | LDP | Shimane | 2019 | 1 | |
Shimajiri Aiko | LDP | Okinawa | 2016 | 2 | |
Shimamura Dai | LDP | Kanagawa | 2019 | 1 | |
Shimba Kazuya | DPJ | Shizuoka | 2019 | 3 | |
Shimizu Takayuki | Ishin | Hyogo | 2019 | 1 | |
Shuhama Ryō | Seikatsu | Iwate | 2016 | 2 | |
Suematsu Shinsuke | LDP | Hyogo | 2016 | 2 | |
Sugi Hisatake | Kōmeitō | Osaka | 2019 | 1 | |
Takagai Emiko | LDP | Proportional representation | 2016 | 1 | |
Takahashi Katsunori | LDP | Tochigi | 2019 | 1 | |
Takano Kōjirō | LDP | Kochi | 2019 | 1 | |
Takemi Keizo | LDP | Tokyo | 2019 | 4th | |
Takeya Toshiko | Kōmeitō | Tokyo | 2016 | 1 | |
Takinami Hirofumi | LDP | Fukui | 2019 | 1 | |
Takisawa Motome | LDP | Aomori | 2019 | 1 | |
Tamura Tomoko | KPJ | Proportional representation | 2016 | 1 | |
Tanaka Naoki | LDP | Niigata | 2016 | 3 | |
Tanaka Shigeru | Minna | Proportional representation | 2016 | 1 | Successor for Fujimaki Yukio in March 2014 |
Tani Ryoko | Seikatsu | Proportional representation | 2016 | 1 | |
Taniai Masaaki | Kōmeitō | Proportional representation | 2016 | 2 | |
Tashiro Kaoru | DPJ | Proportional representation | 2016 | 1 | |
Tatsumi Kōtaro | KPJ | Osaka | 2019 | 1 | |
Terata Sukeshiro | Ishin | Proportional representation | 2016 | 1 | Minna no Tō , resignation and founding of Yui no Tō in December 2013 (party) / February 2014 (parliamentary group) |
Tokunaga Eri | DPJ | Hokkaidō | 2016 | 1 | |
Toyoda Toshirō | LDP | Chiba | 2019 | 1 | |
Tsuda Yatarō | DPJ | Proportional representation | 2016 | 2 | |
Tsuge Yoshihide | LDP | Proportional representation | 2019 | 1 | |
Tsukada Ichirō | LDP | Niigata | 2019 | 2 | |
Tsuruho Yosuke | LDP | Wakayama | 2016 | 3 | |
Ueno Michiko | LDP | Tochigi | 2016 | 1 | |
Uozumi Yūichirō | Kōmeitō | Proportional representation | 2019 | 4th | |
Uto Takashi | LDP | Proportional representation | 2016 | 1 | |
Wada Masamune | Minna | Miyagi | 2019 | 1 | |
Wakabayashi Kenta | LDP | Nagano | 2016 | 1 | |
Wakamatsu Kaneshige | Kōmeitō | Proportional representation | 2019 | 1 | |
Waki Masashi | LDP | Proportional representation | 2016 | 3 | |
Watanabe Michitarō | Minna | Proportional representation | 2019 | 1 | |
Watanabe Miki | LDP | Proportional representation | 2019 | 1 | |
Watanabe Takeyuki | LDP | Gifu | 2016 | 1 | |
Yakura Katsuo | Kōmeitō | Saitama | 2019 | 1 | |
Yakushiji Michiyo | Minna | Aichi | 2019 | 1 | |
Yamada Shūji | LDP | Ishikawa | 2019 | 1 | |
Yamada Taro | Minna | Proportional representation | 2016 | 1 | |
Yamada Toshio | LDP | Proportional representation | 2019 | 2 | |
Yamaguchi Kazuyuki | Minna | Proportional representation | 2019 | 1 | |
Yamaguchi Natsuo | Kōmeitō | Tokyo | 2019 | 3 | |
Yamamoto Hiroshi | Kōmeitō | Proportional representation | 2019 | 2 | |
Yamamoto Ichita | LDP | Gunma | 2019 | 4th | |
Yamamoto Junzō | LDP | Ehime | 2016 | 2 | |
Yamamoto Kanae | Kōmeitō | Proportional representation | 2019 | 3 | |
Yamamoto Taro | non-attached | Tokyo | 2019 | 1 | |
Yamashita Yoshiki | KPJ | Proportional representation | 2019 | 3 | |
Yamashita Yūhei | LDP | saga | 2019 | 1 | |
Yamatani Eriko | LDP | Proportional representation | 2016 | 2 | |
Yamazaki Masaaki | non-attached | Fukui | 2016 | 4th | LDP , non-attached since the election for president |
Yamazaki Tsutomu | LDP | Aomori | 2016 | 3 | |
Yanagida Minoru | DPJ | Hiroshima | 2016 | 3 | |
Yanagimoto Takuji | LDP | Osaka | 2019 | 1 | |
Yanagisawa Mitsuyoshi | DPJ | Proportional representation | 2016 | 2 | |
Yasui Misako | DPJ | Aichi | 2016 | 1 | |
Yokoyama Shin'ichi | Kōmeitō | Proportional representation | 2016 | 1 | |
Yoshida Hiromi | LDP | Nagano | 2019 | 3 | |
Yoshida Tadatomo | SDP | Proportional representation | 2016 | 1 | |
Yoshikawa Saori | DPJ | Proportional representation | 2019 | 2 | |
Yoshikawa Yūmi | LDP | Mie | 2019 | 1 |
Note: This list contains the transcribed names of the MPs without changing the original order, i.e. East Asian first names come after the family name, European first names (Antonio) before the family name. Renhō (the Japanese reading of
蓮舫 , Chinese Liánfang) is a given name under which the delegate (family name Murata) competes in elections and is used in the Sangiin.
Web links
- Sangiin : 参議院 役 員 等 一 覧 (Presidium and Committee Chair ) , 会 派別 所属 議員 数 一 覧 (Members by parliamentary group) , English Officers of the House of Councilors (Presidium and committee chairmen) , List of the Members (members by parliamentary group)
- Yomiuri Shimbun : Sangiin election results 2010 and 2013