| Mai Yamada | |
| Native Name Lang: | zh-tw |
| Office1: | New Taipei City Councillor |
| Term Start1: | 25 December 2022 |
| Constituency1: | 5th District (Banqiao) |
| Birth Date: | 10 January 1990 |
| Birth Place: | Taipei County, Taiwan |
| Party: | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Alma Mater: | Chinese Culture University (BA) National Chengchi University (MSocSc) |
Mai Yamada is a Taiwanese politician who is the New Taipei City Councillor since 2022.
Mai was born to a Taiwanese mother and Japanese father from Toyama Prefecture. Her father passed away when she was a child.[1] She was a child actor for years.[2] During university time, she had been involved in politics.[3]
She used to work at the office of Kao Jyh-peng (高志鵬), a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmaker where she became the deputy director. She also served as the campaign assistant of Yu Tian for the Legislative Yuan by-election in 2019.[4] She was the secretary of Legislative Yuan President You Si-kun.[3]
In autumn 2021, Mai decided to join the local election of 2022. She was then elected as the councilor of New Taipei City Council after the 2022 Republic of China local election on 26 December 2022 under the DPP.[1] [3]
Mai is fluent in English and Japanese. She also learned Hokkien.[3]