Okinawa's Diet electoral districts explained

Okinawa currently sends 8 elected members to the Diet of Japan, 6 to the House of Representatives and 2 to the House of Councillors.

House of Representatives

The current House of Representatives Okinawa delegation consists of 2 members of the LDP, 1 JCP, 1 SDP, 1 LP and 1 NIK.

District seats

DistrictRepresentativePartyIncumbency
1stSeiken Akamine (C-Naha)JCP15 December 2014 – present
2ndKunio Arakaki (SD-Ginowan)SDP3 November 2021 – present
3rdAiko Shimajiri (LD-Okinawa City)LDP3 November 2021 – present
4thKōsaburō Nishime (LD-Haebaru)LDP1 November 2017 – present

PR seats

Okinawa Prefecture is part of the Kyushu proportional representation block. In the current Diet, there are two Representatives from Okinawa elected through the Kyushu PR block.

Representative(s)PartyDistrict contestedIncumbency
Kōnosuke Kokuba (LD-Naha)LDPbgcolor=#E9E9E9 rowspan="1"Okinawa-1st15 December 2014 – present
Masahisa Miyazaki (LD-Ginowan)LDPbgcolor=#E9E9E9 rowspan="1"Okinawa-2nd22 November 2018 – present

House of Councillors

The current House of Councillors Okinawa delegation consists of 2 independent members. Both are members of the Okinawa Whirlwind caucus in the House. The members are elected from the Okinawa at-large district.

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PartyCouncillorsTerm endsIncumbency
OW Yōichi Iha202226 July 2016 – present
Tetsuo Takara202529 July 2019 – present