Daisuke Katayama | |
Native Name: | 片山大介 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Term Start: | 26 July 2016 |
Predecessor: | Seat established |
Constituency: | Hyōgo |
Birth Date: | 6 October 1966 |
Birth Place: | Kasaoka, Okayama, Japan |
Party: | Nippon Ishin no Kai |
Relations: | Toranosuke Katayama (father)[1] |
Alma Mater: | Keio University (BEng) Waseda University (MPM) |
Daisuke Katayama (born 6 October 1996) is a Japanese politician who is a member of the House of Councillors of Japan.
Katayama was born in Kasaoka, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. He is the son of former Member of the House of Councillors Toranosuke Katayama, who previously served as Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications under Prime Ministers Yoshirō Mori and Junichiro Koizumi and President of Nippon Ishin no Kai alongside Ichirō Matsui. He graduated from Funabashi Elementary School and Funabashi Junior High School in Setagaya, Tokyo and Aoyama Senior High School in Shibuya, Tokyo, and later graduated from Keio University in 1992 and Waseda University in 2012.[2] [3]