List of current members of the House of Councillors is a list of members of the House of Councillors in Japan's Upper House Members. The House of Councillors consists of 248 seats, 148 in constituencies and 100 in national proportional representation block.[1] [2]
The term of office of members of the House of Councillors is six years, but half of them are elected every three years, so even if the House of Councillors election is held on the same day as the House of Representatives general election, half of them exist in the House of Councillors.[2]
Class of 2019 | July 29, 2019 | July 28, 2025 | Members were elected in the 2019 Japanese House of Councillors election. | |
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Class of 2022 | July 26, 2022 | July 25, 2028 | Members were elected in the 2022 Japanese House of Councillors election. |
As of January 26, 2024.[3]
Office | Member | Party | Born | Constituency | ||
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President | Hidehisa Otsuji | Liberal Democratic | 2 October 1940 | Kagoshima | ||
Vice President | Hiroyuki Nagahama | Constitutional Democratic | 2 October 1958 | Chiba |
Party | Seats | ||||||
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Class of 2019 | Class of 2022 | Total | Group | ||||
Government | 66 | 76 | 142 | ||||
Liberal Democratic | Liberal Democratic | 52 | 63 | 115 | 115 | ||
Komeito | Komeito | 14 | 13 | 27 | 27 | ||
Opposition | 48 | 43 | 91 | ||||
Constitutional Democratic and Social Democratic | Constitutional Democratic | 21 | 15 | 36 | 39 | ||
Social Democratic | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Independent | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Nippon Ishin no Kai and Free Education for All | Ishin | 8 | 12 | 20 | 21 | ||
FEFA | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Democratic Party for the People and Independents | DPFP | 5 | 5 | 10 | 11 | ||
Independent | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Japanese Communist Party | Communist | 7 | 4 | 11 | 11 | ||
Reiwa Shinsengumi | Reiwa | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | ||
Anti-NHK | Independent | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
Okinawa Whirlwind | Independent | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
Unaffiliated | 9 | 4 | 13 | ||||
Not belonging to the parliamentary group | President | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Vice President | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Sanseitō | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
Independent | 7 | 3 | 10 | 10 | |||
Vacant | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Vacant | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
Total | 124 | 124 | 248 |
Constituency | Class | Place | Member | Party | Born | Note | |
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Tokyo | Class of 2019[6] |
| Tamayo Marukawa | Liberal Democratic | 19 January 1971 | ||
| Natsuo Yamaguchi | Komeito | 12 July 1952 | ||||
| Yoshiko Kira | Communist | 14 September 1982 | ||||
| Ayaka Shiomura | Constitutional Democratic | 6 July 1978 | ||||
| Shun Otokita | Ishin | 21 September 1983 | ||||
| Keizō Takemi | Liberal Democratic | 5 November 1951 | ||||
Class of 2022[7] |
| Kentaro Asahi | Liberal Democratic | 19 September 1975 | |||
| Toshiko Takeya | Komeito | 30 September 1969 | ||||
| Taku Yamazoe | Communist | 20 November 1984 | ||||
| Vacant | ||||||
| Akiko Ikuina | Liberal Democratic | 28 April 1968 | ||||
| Taro Yamamoto | Reiwa | 24 November 1974 |
Constituency | Class | Place | Member | Party | Born | Note | |
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Hiroshima | Class of 2019[24] [25] |
| Shinji Morimoto | Constitutional Democratic | 2 May 1973 | ||
| Haruko Miyaguchi | Constitutional Democratic | 5 March 1976 | ||||
Class of 2022[26] |
| Yoichi Miyazawa | Liberal Democratic | 21 April 1950 | |||
| Independent | 11 June 1970 | |||||
Ibaraki | Class of 2019[27] |
| Ryōsuke Kōzuki | Liberal Democratic | 26 December 1962 | ||
| Takumi Onuma | Constitutional Democratic | 21 December 1985 | ||||
Class of 2022[28] |
| Liberal Democratic | 7 February 1968 | ||||
| Independent | 15 September 1975 | |||||
Kyoto | Class of 2019[29] |
| Shoji Nishida | Liberal Democratic | 19 September 1958 | ||
| Akiko Kurabayashi | Communist | 3 December 1960 | ||||
Class of 2022[30] |
| Akira Yoshii | Liberal Democratic | 2 January 1967 | |||
| Tetsuro Fukuyama | Constitutional Democratic | 19 January 1962 | ||||
Shizuoka | Class of 2019[31] |
| Takao Makino | Liberal Democratic | 1 January 1959 | ||
| Kazuya Shinba | DPFP | 25 April 1967 | ||||
Class of 2022[32] |
| Liberal Democratic | 24 December 1971 | ||||
| Sachiko Hirayama | Independent | 3 January 1971 |
Party | Place | Member | Born | Note | |
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Liberal Democratic |
| Yasushi Miura | 9 April 1973 | ||
| Yoshifumi Tsuge | 11 October 1945 | |||
| 12 May 1967 | ||||
| Masamune Wada | 14 October 1974 | |||
| Masahisa Sato | 23 October 1960 | |||
| Nobuaki Sato | 8 November 1947 | |||
| Seiko Hashimoto | 5 October 1964 | |||
| Toshio Yamada | 29 November 1946 | |||
| Haruko Arimura | 21 September 1970 | |||
| Masahiro Ishida | 20 May 1967 | |||
| Akiko Honda | 29 September 1971 | |||
| Seiichi Eto | 1 October 1947 | |||
| Takashi Hanyūda | 28 March 1948 | |||
| Masao Miyazaki | 3 December 1963 | |||
| Akiko Santō | 11 May 1942 | |||
| Masaaki Akaike | 19 July 1961 | |||
| 3 October 1958 | ||||
| Hiroshi Nakada | 20 September 1964 | |||
| Masashi Tanaka | 11 October 1965 | |||
Constitutional Democratic |
| Makiko Kishi | 24 March 1976 | ||
| Shunichi Mizuoka | 13 June 1956 | |||
| Masahito Ozawa | 13 August 1965 | |||
| Saori Yoshikawa | 9 October 1976 | |||
| Takashi Moriya | 28 June 1967 | |||
| Ryūhei Kawada | 12 January 1976 | |||
| Taiga Ishikawa | 3 July 1974 | |||
Komeito |
| Kanae Yamamoto | 14 May 1971 | ||
| Hiroshi Yamamoto | 9 December 1954 | |||
| Kaneshige Wakamatsu | 5 August 1955 | |||
| Yoshihiro Kawano | 1 December 1977 | |||
| Hideki Niizuma | 22 July 1970 | |||
| Daisaku Hiraki | 16 October 1974 | |||
| Hiroaki Shiota | 19 January 1962 | |||
Ishin |
| Satoshi Umemura | 13 February 1975 | ||
| Takumi Shibata | 11 December 1960 | |||
| Hirofumi Yanagase | 8 November 1974 | |||
| 3 June 1950 | ||||
Communist |
| Akira Koike | 9 June 1960 | ||
| Yoshiki Yamashita | 27 February 1960 | |||
| Satoshi Inoue | 5 May 1958 | |||
| Tomoko Kami | 13 January 1955 | |||
DPFP |
| Mami Tamura | 23 April 1976 | ||
| Tetsuji Isozaki | 7 April 1969 | |||
| Yoshifumi Hamano | 21 December 1960 | |||
Reiwa |
| Yasuhiko Funago | 4 October 1957 | ||
| Eiko Kimura | 11 May 1965 | |||
Social Democratic |
| 14 August 1973 | |||
Independent | ー | Genki Sudo | 8 March 1978 | ||
ー | Muneo Suzuki | 31 January 1948 | |||
ー | Satoshi Hamada | 11 May 1977 |
Party | Place | Member | Born | Note | ||
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Liberal Democratic |
| 23 December 1977 | ||||
| 29 October 1973 | |||||
| Ken Akamatsu | 5 July 1968 | ||||
| 7 May 1959 | |||||
| Shigeharu Aoyama | 25 July 1952 | ||||
| Satsuki Katayama | 9 May 1959 | ||||
| Toshiyuki Adachi | 20 May 1954 | ||||
| Hanako Jimi | 15 February 1976 | ||||
| 25 February 1967 | |||||
| Hiroshi Yamada | 8 January 1958 | ||||
| 18 November 1980 | |||||
| Eriko Yamatani | 19 September 1950 | ||||
| 12 March 1963 | |||||
| Kanehiko Shindo | 7 July 1963 | ||||
| Eriko Imai | 22 September 1983 | ||||
| Masashi Adachi | 27 September 1959 | ||||
| 6 January 1979 | |||||
| 9 March 1978 | |||||
Ishin |
| Akira Ishii | 6 May 1957 | |||
| Mitsuko Ishii | 25 February 1954 | ||||
| Akemi Matsuno | 27 April 1968 | ||||
| 4 March 1946 | |||||
| Naoki Inose | 20 November 1946 | ||||
| 20 February 1970 | |||||
| 20 June 1958 | |||||
| 7 April 1958 | |||||
Constitutional Democratic |
| Kiyomi Tsujimoto | 28 April 1960 | |||
| Makoto Oniki | 7 December 1963 | ||||
| 25 November 1966 | |||||
| 14 September 1964 | |||||
| 16 May 1983 | |||||
| Ai Aoki | 18 August 1965 | ||||
| Michihiro Ishibashi | 1 July 1965 | ||||
Komeito |
| Shinji Takeuchi | 19 March 1964 | |||
| Shinichi Yokoyama | 21 July 1959 | ||||
| Masaaki Taniai | 27 April 1973 | ||||
| 2 November 1965 | |||||
| Isamu Ueda | 5 August 1958 | ||||
| Masaru Miyazaki | 18 March 1958 | ||||
Communist |
| Tomoko Tamura | 4 July 1965 | |||
| Sohei Nihi | 16 October 1963 | ||||
| Tomo Iwabuchi | 3 October 1976 | ||||
DPFP |
| 6 February 1969 | ||||
| Makoto Hamaguchi | 18 May 1965 | ||||
| Takanori Kawai | 29 January 1964 | ||||
Reiwa |
| 29 December 1981 | ||||
| Kusuo Oshima | 11 June 1961 | ||||
Sanseitō |
| Sohei Kamiya | 12 October 1977 | |||
Social Democratic |
| Mizuho Fukushima | 24 December 1955 | |||
Independent | ー | 25 December 1980 |