...............................................................................................................................................

Personal History

Dec. 1947 Born in Shimogo Town , Minami Aizu, Fukushima Prefecture

Mar. 1966 Graduated from Tajima High School , Fukushima Prefecture

Mar. 1970 Bachelor of Economics, Kanagawa University

...............................................................................................................................................

Political Leadership& Public Offices

Dec. 1983 Secretary to the Minister of Health and Welfare

Jan. 1994 Policy Secretary to a Member of the House of Representatives

July 1998 Elected member of the House of Councilors (two terms)

Sept. 1998 Member, Land Development & Main Highway Construction Council

Aug. 2000 Executive board member, Committee on Audit

Sept. 2001 Chairman, Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems

Aug. 2004 Executive board member, Land and Transport Committee of the Diet

Oct. 2006 Senior executive board member, Committee on Budget

Nov. 2006 Governor of Fukushima Prefecture

...............................................................................................................................................

Hobbies

Choral singing & Reading

He started singing when he was an elementary school student. He was a member of the high school chorus and a solo singer in the university chorus. He took the tenor part in the Diet Chorus Circle when serving as a Diet member.

...............................................................................................................................................

Governor's motto

"Sincerity"