| Office: | Minister of State for Financial Services |
| Primeminister: | Yoshihiko Noda |
| Predecessor: | Tadahiro Matsushita |
| Successor: | Taro Aso |
| Term Start: | 1 October 2012 |
| Term End: | 26 December 2012 |
| Birth Date: | 4 April 1965 |
| Birth Place: | Kyoto Prefecture, Japan |
| Party: | Democratic Party of Japan |
| Alma Mater: | Kyoto University |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Website: | Official website |
Ikko Nakatsuka (born 4 April 1965) is a Japanese politician, member of Democratic Party of Japan and former minister of state.
Nakatsuka was born in Kyoto Prefecture on 4 April 1965.[1] He graduated with an engineering degree from Kyoto University in March 1990.[2]
Nakatsuka began his political career in the now-disestablished Shinshinto (New Frontier Party). Next, he served as a policy staffer of the defunct Liberal Party established by Ichiro Ozawa.[3] He later joined the Democratic Party of Japan in 2003. He has been serving as the party's vice secretary general and deputy policy chief since then.[4]
He served three times in the Japanese House of Representatives.[5] He was first elected in 2000.[1] In 2003, he was secondly elected to the house and appointed vice minister of economic and fiscal policy, finance.[1] In 2009, he was again elected. In September 2011, he became senior vice minister of cabinet affairs.[1] [6] He served as senior vice Minister of State for Financial Services issues at the Cabinet Office until October 2012.[7] Nakatsuta was appointed Minister of State for Financial Services in the Noda Cabinet on 1 October 2012.[8] [9] [10] His term ended on 26 December 2012. Nakatsuka also lost his seat in the 2012 general elections.[11]
Nakatsuta is married and has two children.[12] He was lead singer in a band and participated in volunteer work during his university years.[4]