is a Japanese politician and the former
mayor
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of
Sagamihara
is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 723,470, with 334,812 households, and a population density of 1,220 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Sagamihara is the third-most-populous city ...
a designated city in
Kanagawa Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the KantÅ region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the List of Japanese prefectures by population, second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-dens ...
,
Japan
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. He was first elected in 2007. He was reelected in 2011 and 2015 but lost his bid for a fourth term in 2019 to
Kentaro Motomura.
References
Mayors of places in Kanagawa Prefecture
1945 births
Living people
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