Daisuke Katayama (born 6 October 1996) is a Japanese politician who is a member of the

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Biography

Katayama was born in

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, Japan. He is the son of former Member of the

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, who previously served as

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under Prime Ministers

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and

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and President of

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alongside

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. He graduated from Funabashi Elementary School and Funabashi Junior High School in

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and Aoyama Senior High School in

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, Tokyo, and later graduated from

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in 1992 and

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in 2012.日本維新の会参議院兵庫県選挙区「片山大介」公式ホームページ
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References

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