is a Japanese politician and a member of the

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in the Diet (national legislature).

Early life and education

Koda was born in Tono City,

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, on 8 September 1965. She graduated from International Christian University's social sciences division in 1989.

Career

Kouda worked for 18 years at private sector, including an advertising agency and liquor company. In 2003, she joined the

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(DPJ). She was elected to the House of Councillors from the Saitama Prefecture for the first time on 29 July 2007. She and other three lawmakers from the DPJ resigned from the party in protest of the then prime minister Yoshihiko Noda's decision to restart the nuclear plant in Oi, Fukui Prefecture in July 2012.

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