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 November 9, 2024.[3]
Office | Member | Party | Born | Constituency | ||
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President | Masakazu Sekiguchi | LDP | 4 June 1953 | Saitama | ||
Vice President | Hiroyuki Nagahama | CDP | 2 October 1958 | Chiba |
Party | Seats | ||||||
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Class of 2019 | Class of 2022 | Total | Group | ||||
Government | 66 | 74 | 140 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | LDP | 52 | 61 | 113 | 113 | ||
Komeito | Komeito | 14 | 13 | 27 | 27 | ||
Opposition | 46 | 45 | 91 | ||||
Constitutional Democrats and Social Democrats | CDP | 22 | 16 | 38 | 42 | ||
SDP | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Independent | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Nippon Ishin no Kai | Ishin | 6 | 12 | 18 | 18 | ||
Democratic Party For the People and Independents | DPP | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | ||
Independent | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Japanese Communist Party | JCP | 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 | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||||
Not belonging to the parliamentary group | President | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Vice President | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Sanseitō | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
Independent | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||
Vacant | 7 | 1 | 8 | ||||
Vacant | 7 | 1 | 8 | 8 | |||
Total | 124 | 124 | 248 |
Constituency | Class | Place | Member | Party | Born | Note | |
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Tokyo | Class of 2019[6] |
| Vacant | ||||
| Natsuo Yamaguchi | Komeito | 12 July 1952 | ||||
| Yoshiko Kira | JCP | 14 September 1982 | ||||
| Ayaka Shiomura | CDP | 6 July 1978 | ||||
| Vacant | ||||||
| Keizō Takemi | LDP | 5 November 1951 | ||||
Class of 2022[7] |
| Kentaro Asahi | LDP | 19 September 1975 | |||
| Toshiko Takeya | Komeito | 30 September 1969 | ||||
| Taku Yamazoe | JCP | 20 November 1984 | ||||
| Vacant | ||||||
| Akiko Ikuina | LDP | 28 April 1968 | ||||
| Taro Yamamoto | Reiwa | 24 November 1974 |
Constituency | Class | Place | Member | Party | Born | Note | |
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Aichi | Class of 2019[8] |
| Yasuyuki Sakai | LDP | 14 February 1952 | ||
| Vacant | ||||||
| Maiko Tajima | CDP | 20 December 1976 | ||||
| Komeito | 26 June 1987 | |||||
Class of 2022[9] |
| Masahito Fujikawa | LDP | 8 July 1960 | |||
| Ryūji Satomi | Komeito | 17 October 1967 | ||||
| Yoshitaka Saitō | CDP | 18 February 1963 | ||||
| Takae Itō | DPP | 30 June 1975 | ||||
Kanagawa | Class of 2019[10] [11] |
| Vacant | ||||
| Hiroe Makiyama | CDP | 29 September 1964 | ||||
| Sayaka Sasaki | Komeito | 18 January 1981 | ||||
| CDP | 9 April 1970 | |||||
Class of 2022 |
| Junko Mihara | LDP | 13 September 1964 | |||
| Shigefumi Matsuzawa | Ishin | 2 April 1958 | ||||
| Komeito | 5 March 1975 | |||||
| Keiichiro Asao | LDP | 11 February 1964 | ||||
Osaka | Class of 2019[12] |
| Mizuho Umemura | Ishin | 10 September 1978 | ||
| Vacant | ||||||
| Hisatake Sugi | Komeito | 4 January 1976 | ||||
| Fusae Ohta | LDP | 26 June 1951 | ||||
Class of 2022[13] |
| Kaori Takagi | Ishin | 10 October 1972 | |||
| Rui Matsukawa | LDP | 26 February 1971 | ||||
| Hitoshi Asada | Ishin | 29 December 1950 | ||||
| Hirotaka Ishikawa | Komeito | 12 September 1973 | ||||
Saitama | Class of 2019[14] |
| Toshiharu Furukawa | LDP | 14 January 1963 | ||
| Hiroto Kumagai | CDP | 23 March 1962 | ||||
| Katsuo Yakura | Komeito | 11 January 1975 | ||||
| Gaku Ito | JCP | 6 March 1960 | ||||
Class of 2022[15] |
| Masakazu Sekiguchi | LDP | 4 June 1953 | |||
| Kiyoshi Ueda | Independent | 15 May 1948 | ||||
| Makoto Nishida | Komeito | 27 August 1962 | ||||
| CDP | 12 August 1967 |
Constituency | Class | Place | Member | Party | Born | Note | |
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Chiba | Class of 2019[16] |
| Junichi Ishii | LDP | 23 November 1957 | ||
| Hiroyuki Nagahama | CDP | 20 October 1958 | ||||
| Toshirō Toyoda | LDP | 21 August 1952 | ||||
Class of 2022[17] |
| Shoichi Usui | LDP | 8 January 1975 | |||
| Kuniko Inoguchi | LDP | 3 May 1952 | ||||
| Hiroyuki Konishi | CDP | 28 January 1972 | ||||
Fukuoka | Class of 2019[18] |
| Masaji Matsuyama | LDP | 20 January 1959 | ||
| Rokuta Shimono | Komeito | 1 May 1964 | ||||
| Kuniyoshi Noda | CDP | 3 June 1958 | ||||
Class of 2022[19] |
| Satoshi Ōie | LDP | 17 July 1967 | |||
| Yukihito Koga | CDP | 9 April 1959 | ||||
| Kōzō Akino | Komeito | 11 July 1967 | ||||
Hokkaido | Class of 2019[20] |
| Harumi Takahashi | LDP | 6 January 1954 | ||
| Kenji Katsube | CDP | 6 September 1959 | ||||
| Tsuyohito Iwamoto | LDP | 19 October 1964 | ||||
Class of 2022[21] |
| Gaku Hasegawa | LDP | 16 February 1971 | |||
| Eri Tokunaga | CDP | 1 January 1962 | ||||
| LDP | 20 November 1960 | |||||
Hyōgo | Class of 2019[22] |
| Vacant | ||||
| Komeito | 15 February 1977 | |||||
| Hiroyuki Kada | LDP | 8 June 1970 | ||||
Class of 2022[23] |
| Daisuke Katayama | Ishin | 6 October 1966 | |||
| Shinsuke Suematsu | LDP | 17 December 1955 | ||||
| Takae Itō | Komeito | 13 January 1968 |
Constituency | Class | Place | Member | Party | Born | Note | |
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Hiroshima | Class of 2019[24] [25] |
| Shinji Morimoto | CDP | 2 May 1973 | ||
| Haruko Miyaguchi | CDP | 5 March 1976 | ||||
Class of 2022[26] |
| Yoichi Miyazawa | LDP | 21 April 1950 | |||
| Independent | 11 June 1970 | |||||
Ibaraki | Class of 2019[27] |
| Ryōsuke Kōzuki | LDP | 26 December 1962 | ||
| Takumi Onuma | CDP | 21 December 1985 | ||||
Class of 2022[28] |
| LDP | 7 February 1968 | ||||
| Independent | 15 September 1975 | |||||
Kyoto | Class of 2019[29] |
| Shoji Nishida | LDP | 19 September 1958 | ||
| Akiko Kurabayashi | JCP | 3 December 1960 | ||||
Class of 2022[30] |
| Akira Yoshii | LDP | 2 January 1967 | |||
| Tetsuro Fukuyama | CDP | 19 January 1962 | ||||
Shizuoka | Class of 2019[31] |
| Takao Makino | LDP | 1 January 1959 | ||
| Kazuya Shinba | DPP | 25 April 1967 | ||||
Class of 2022[32] |
| LDP | 24 December 1971 | ||||
| Sachiko Hirayama | Independent | 3 January 1971 |
Constituency | Class | Member | Party | Born | Note | |
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Akita | Class of 2019[33] | Shizuka Terata | Independent | 23 March 1975 | ||
Class of 2022[34] | Hiroo Ishii | LDP | 21 June 1964 | |||
Aomori | Class of 2019[35] | Motome Takisawa | LDP | 11 October 1958 | ||
Class of 2022[36] | Masayo Tanabu | CDP | 10 July 1969 | |||
Ehime | Class of 2019[37] | Takako Nagae | Independent | 15 June 1960 | ||
Class of 2022[38] | Junzo Yamamoto | LDP | 27 October 1954 | |||
Fukui | Class of 2019[39] | Hirofumi Takinami | LDP | 20 October 1971 | ||
Class of 2022[40] | Masaaki Yamazaki | LDP | 24 May 1942 | |||
Fukushima | Class of 2019[41] | Masako Mori | LDP | 22 August 1964 | ||
Class of 2022[42] | Hokuto Hoshi | LDP | 18 March 1964 | |||
Gifu | Class of 2019[43] | Yasutada Ōno | Independent | 31 May 1959 | ||
Class of 2022[44] | Takeyuki Watanabe | LDP | 18 April 1968 | |||
Gunma | Class of 2019[45] | Masato Shimizu | LDP | 26 February 1975 | ||
Class of 2022[46] | Hirofumi Nakasone | LDP | 28 November 1945 | |||
Ishikawa | Class of 2019[47] | LDP | 27 March 1971 | |||
Class of 2022[48] | Naoki Okada | LDP | 9 June 1962 | |||
Iwate | Class of 2019[49] | CDP | 6 March 1972 | |||
Class of 2022[50] | Eiji Kidoguchi | CDP | 21 August 1963 | |||
Kagawa | Class of 2019[51] | Shingo Miyake | LDP | 24 November 1961 | ||
Class of 2022[52] | Yoshihiko Isozaki | LDP | 8 September 1957 | |||
Kagoshima | Class of 2019[53] | Hidehisa Otsuji | LDP | 2 October 1940 | ||
Class of 2022[54] | Tetsuro Nomura | LDP | 20 November 1943 | |||
Kumamoto | Class of 2019[55] | Seishi Baba | LDP | 30 November 1964 | ||
Class of 2022[56] | Yoshifumi Matsumura | LDP | 22 April 1964 | |||
Mie | Class of 2019[57] | Yūmi Yoshikawa | LDP | 4 September 1973 | ||
Class of 2022[58] | Sachiko Yamanoto | LDP | 24 October 1967 | |||
Miyagi | Class of 2019[59] | Noriko Ishigaki | CDP | 1 August 1974 | ||
Class of 2022[60] | Mitsuru Sakurai | LDP | 12 May 1956 | |||
Miyazaki | Class of 2019[61] | Makoto Nagamine | LDP | 2 August 1969 | ||
Class of 2022[62] | Shinpei Matsushita | LDP | 18 August 1966 | |||
Nagano | Class of 2019[63] | Jiro Hata | CDP | 7 September 1969 | ||
Class of 2022[64] | Hideya Sugio | CDP | 30 September 1957 | |||
Nagasaki | Class of 2019[65] | LDP | 2 November 1967 | |||
Class of 2022[66] | LDP | 21 June 1975 | ||||
Nara | Class of 2019[67] | Iwao Horii | LDP | 22 October 1965 | ||
Class of 2022[68] | Kei Satō | LDP | 7 April 1979 | |||
Niigata | Class of 2019[69] | Sakura Uchikoshi | CDP | 6 January 1968 | ||
Class of 2022[70] | LDP | 12 June 1973 | ||||
Ōita | Class of 2019[71] | LDP | 20 July 1966 | |||
Class of 2022[72] | LDP | 23 December 1957 | ||||
Okayama | Class of 2019[73] | Masahiro Ishii | LDP | 29 November 1945 | ||
Class of 2022[74] | Kimi Onoda | LDP | 7 December 1982 | |||
Okinawa | Class of 2019[75] | Tetsumi Takara | Independent | 15 January 1954 | ||
Class of 2022[76] | Yōichi Iha | Independent | 4 January 1952 | |||
Saga | Class of 2019[77] | Yūhei Yamashita | LDP | 27 August 1979 | ||
Class of 2022[78] | Takamaro Fukuoka | LDP | 9 May 1973 | |||
Shiga | Class of 2019[79] | Yukiko Kada | Ishin | 18 May 1950 | ||
Class of 2022[80] | Takashi Koyari | LDP | 9 September 1966 | |||
Tochigi | Class of 2019[81] | Katsunori Takahashi | LDP | 7 December 1957 | ||
Class of 2022[82] | Michiko Ueno | LDP | 21 April 1958 | |||
Tokushima-Kōchi | Class of 2019[83] | Hajime Hirota | Independent | 10 October 1968 | ||
Class of 2022[84] | Yūsuke Nakanishi | LDP | 12 July 1979 | |||
Tottori-Shimane | Class of 2019[85] | Shōji Maitachi | LDP | 13 August 1975 | ||
Class of 2022[86] | Kazuhiko Aoki | LDP | 25 March 1961 | |||
Toyama | Class of 2019[87] | Shigeru Dōko | LDP | 7 August 1952 | ||
Class of 2022[88] | Kōtarō Nogami | LDP | 20 May 1967 | |||
Wakayama | Class of 2019 | Vacant | ||||
Class of 2022[89] | Yōsuke Tsuruho | LDP | 5 February 1967 | |||
Yamagata | Class of 2019[90] | Independent | 2 March 1958 | |||
Class of 2022[91] | Yasue Funayama | DPP | 26 May 1966 | |||
Yamaguchi | Class of 2019[92] | LDP | 5 January 1955 | |||
Class of 2022[93] | Kiyoshi Ejima | LDP | 2 April 1957 | |||
Yamanashi | Class of 2019[94] | Hiroshi Moriya | LDP | 21 July 1957 | ||
Class of 2022[95] | LDP | 7 May 1974 |
Party | Place | Member | Born | Note | |
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LDP |
| 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 | |||
CDP |
| 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 | |||
| 30 March 1978 | ||||
Komeito |
| 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 | |||
| 19 August 1967 | ||||
Ishin |
| Takumi Shibata | 11 December 1960 | ||
| Hirofumi Yanagase | 8 November 1974 | |||
| 3 June 1950 | ||||
| 7 April 1956 | ||||
JCP |
| Akira Koike | 9 June 1960 | ||
| Yoshiki Yamashita | 27 February 1960 | |||
| Satoshi Inoue | 5 May 1958 | |||
| Tomoko Kami | 13 January 1955 | |||
DPP |
| 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 | |||
SDP |
| 14 August 1973 | |||
Independent | ー | Muneo Suzuki | 31 January 1948 | ||
ー | Satoshi Hamada | 11 May 1977 |
Party | Place | Member | Born | Note | ||
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LDP |
| 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 | |||||
CDP |
| 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 | ||||
JCP |
| Sohei Nihi | 16 October 1963 | |||
| Tomo Iwabuchi | 3 October 1976 | ||||
| Mikishi Daimon | 10 January 1956 | ||||
DPP |
| 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 | |||
SDP |
| Mizuho Fukushima | 24 December 1955 | |||
Independent | ー | 25 December 1980 |