| Yoshiko Kira | |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Term Start: | 29 July 2013 |
| Birth Date: | 14 September 1982 |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Spouse: | Yuichiro Matsushima |
| Website: | http://kirayoshiko.com/ |
is a Japanese politician and member of the House of Councillors since 2013, representing the Tokyo at-large district. She is a member of the Japanese Communist Party.
Kira was born in Kōchi, the daughter of a prefectural assemblyman. She graduated from Waseda University in 2005 and worked for Takara Printing Company for four years before entering politics.[1]
She first ran in the 2009 Tokyo metropolitan assembly elections as a candidate from Toshima City, but failed to win a seat. Her next appearance was in the 2013 House of Councillors election, in which she placed third within the Tokyo at-large district, becoming the first Communist party member to win an at-large district seat in twelve years.[2] One focus of her campaign, along with that of successful JCP candidate Saori Ikeuchi, was the unstable jobs situation faced by young people.[3]
She is a member of the House of Councillors Committee on General Affairs, Special Committee on Political Ethics and Election System, and Commission on the Constitution.
Her husband Yuichiro Matsushima is a member of the Meguro City assembly in Tokyo.