was the

governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

Akita Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Provinces and prefectures" in ; "Tōhoku" in . Its population is approximately 966,000 (as of 1 October 2019) and its geographic area is 1 ...

. A native of

Ōmagari, Akita was a city located in Akita Prefecture, Japan. In 2003, the city had an estimated population of 39,048 and a density of 372.99 persons per km2. The total area was 104.69 km2. On March 22, 2005, Ōmagari, along with the towns of Kamioka, Ky ...

and graduate of

Waseda University , mottoeng = Independence of scholarship , established = 21 October 1882 , type = Private , endowment = , president = Aiji Tanaka , city = Shinjuku , state = Tokyo , country = Japan , students = 47,959 , undergrad = 39,382 , postgrad ...

, he was first elected to the post in 1997 after serving as mayor of

Yokote, Akita is a city located in Akita Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 89,574 in 34,240 households, and a population density of 130 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Yokote is located in southeast co ...

since 1991. He ran in House of Councillors election in 2010 as a proportional candidate of

Your Party is a Japanese parliamentary caucus consisting of Yoshimi Watanabe and Takashi Tachibana, later Satoshi Hamada after Tachibana forfeited his seat, in the House of Councillors. It was also a political party led by Watanabe from 2009 until its d ...

, received 45,846 votes nationwide and won a seat ranking 4th on his party list.Yomiuri Shimbun, Councillors election special 2010, proportional results
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