| Gaku Hashimoto | |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Office: | Member of the House of Representatives |
| Term Start: | 11 September 2005 - 21 July 2009 16 December 2012 |
| Predecessor: | Michiyoshi Yunoki |
| Constituency: | Chūgoku PR block (2005-2009) Okayama 4th district (2012-present) |
| Birth Date: | 5 February 1974 |
| Birth Place: | Sōja, Okayama, Japan |
| Party: | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Spouse: | Hanako Jimi(wife) |
| Relatives: | Daijiro Hashimoto (uncle) (grandfather) |
| Parents: | Ryutaro Hashimoto (father) |
| Children: | 4 |
| Alma Mater: | Keio University |
| Website: | 衆議院議員 橋本がく |
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). He represents the 4th District of Okayama prefecture.
A native of Sōja, Okayama, Gaku Hashimoto is the son of a former Prime Minister of Japan, Ryutaro Hashimoto, and the grandson of Ryugo Hashimoto, also a member of the House of Representatives.
His uncle Daijiro Hashimoto is a former governor of Kōchi Prefecture. His mother Kumiko Nakamura belongs to another dynasty, the Nakamura family.
His great-grandfather Utaro Hashimoto headed the quasi-monopolistic Dai-Nippon Beer Company, Ltd., which is now Sapporo Brewery.
Hashimoto attended the Keio University as both undergraduate and graduate, and joined the Mitsubishi Research Institute.
In 2005, Hashimoto was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time. He also served as Member, Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems, Director, Special Committee on Anti-Piracy Measures, Prevention of International Terrorism, and Japan's Cooperation and Support, Director, Committee on Internal Affairs and Communications.[1]
Hashimoto is affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi,[2] and a member of the following right-wing groups in the Diet:
Hashimoto gave the following answers to the questionnaire submitted by Mainichi to parliamentarians: