Hokkaido Legislative Assembly

The Hokkaido Legislative Assembly (北海道議会, Hokkaidōgikai) is the prefectural parliament of Hokkaido.

Hokkaido Legislative Assembly

北海道議会
Type
Type
Leadership
Chairman
Noritoshi Murata, LDP
Vice Chairman
Tooru Takahashi, CDP
Structure
Seats100
Political groups
Government (61)
  LDP (53)
  Kōmeitō (8)

Opposition (39)

  CDP (27)
  Yūshikai (9)
  JCP (3)
Elections
Last election
7 April 2019
Meeting place
The Hokkaido Legislative Assembly building in Sapporo
Website
www.gikai.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp

History

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In April 2019, Ayako Fuchigami was elected to this assembly, becoming the first openly transgender person elected to a Japanese prefectural assembly.[1]

Members

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As of 3 September 2019[2]
Constituency Members Party
Chūō Ward Hidemori Chiba LDP/Dōminkaigi
Chūō Ward Masashi Fujikawa Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Chūō Ward Hisako Higaki LDP/Dōminkaigi
Kita Ward Yasunori Dōmi LDP/Dōminkaigi
Kita Ward Shiho Nakanowatari Komeito
Kita Ward Masahiro Yamane Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Kita Ward Takamasa Yoshikawa LDP/Dōminkaigi
Higashi Ward Hiromi Achira Komeito
Higashi Ward Ayako Fuchigami Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Higashi Ward Jun Miyakawa Japanese Communist Party
Higashi Ward Yasuji Watanabe LDP/Dōminkaigi
Shiroishi Ward Mayumi Hirota Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Shiroishi Ward Shōichi Itō LDP/Dōminkaigi
Shiroishi Ward Shigeyuki Mori Komeito
Atsubetsu Ward Masaru Hanasaki LDP/Dōminkaigi
Atsubetsu Ward Kazutada Sugawara Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Toyohira Ward Takefumi Matsuyama Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Toyohira Ward Atsuko Ookoshi [ja] LDP/Dōminkaigi
Toyohira Ward Yūki Yoshida LDP/Dōminkaigi
Kiyota Ward Daishi Kajiya Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Kiyota Ward Junichi Miyashita LDP/Dōminkaigi
Minami Ward Minori Hatakeyama Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Minami Ward Takahiro Katō LDP/Dōminkaigi
Nishi Ward Kōji Maruiwa LDP/Dōminkaigi
Nishi Ward Hiromitsu Takeda Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Nishi Ward Noritomo Wada LDP/Dōminkaigi
Teine Ward Takashi Kadoya LDP/Dōminkaigi
Teine Ward Yasuko Suda Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Hakodate Yōko Hirade Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Hakodate Hideyuki Kawajiri LDP/Dōminkaigi
Hakodate Toshio Sasaki LDP/Dōminkaigi
Hakodate Takashi Shigatani Komeito
Hakodate Tōru Takahashi Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Otaru City Morishige Hatta LDP/Dōminkaigi
Otaru City Yōko Kikuchi Japanese Communist Party
Otaru City Tadahiro Satō LDP/Dōminkaigi
Asahikawa City Kuniyoshi Azuma LDP/Dōminkaigi
Asahikawa City Takanobu Azumi LDP/Dōminkaigi
Asahikawa City Kaoru Kasagi Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Asahikawa City Noriko Mashita [ja] Japanese Communist Party
Asahikawa City Masakado Matsumoto Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Asahikawa City Nobuhisa Terashima Komeito
Muroran Hideya Chiba LDP/Dōminkaigi
Muroran Nobuyoshi Takiguchi Hokkaidō Yūshikai
Kushiro City Ryūji Kasai LDP/Dōminkaigi
Kushiro City Katsunori Mibu Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Kushiro City Yasunori Obata LDP/Dōminkaigi
Kushiro City Hideki Tanaka Komeito
Obihiro City Takeo Mitsu Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Obihiro City Mitsushige Murata LDP/Dōminkaigi
Obihiro City Takuya Shimizu LDP/Dōminkaigi
Kitami City Kenji Funabashi Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Kitami City Kazuma Suzuki LDP/Dōminkaigi
Iwamizawa City Ataru Muraki LDP/Dōminkaigi
Iwamizawa City Hirotoshi Nakagawa Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Abashiri City Jun’ya Satō Hokkaidō Yūshikai
Tomakomai City Kunio Andō Komeito
Tomakomai City Ren Endō LDP/Dōminkaigi
Tomakomai City Kiyoshi Okita Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Wakkanai City Masato Yoshida LDP/Dōminkaigi
Ebetsu City Yoshiaki Hoshi LDP/Dōminkaigi
Ebetsu City Jun Kiba Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Nayoro City Hidetoshi Nakano LDP/Dōminkaigi
Nemuro City Munenobu Matsuura LDP/Dōminkaigi
Chitose City Noriyuki Ōta LDP/Dōminkaigi
Chitose City Yōichi Umeo LDP/Dōminkaigi
Takikawa City Akihiro Ōkawa Hokkaidō Yūshikai
Noboribetsu City Kōsuke Akane Hokkaidō Yūshikai
Eniwa City Yoshinori Tanaka LDP/Dōminkaigi
Date City Tomoyasu Nakayama Hokkaidō Yūshikai
Kitahiroshima City Hitoshi Koiwa Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Hokuto City Naoto Takiguchi LDP/Dōminkaigi
Sorachi Shōgo Aratō Komeito
Sorachi Hisao Inamura Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Sorachi Shōji Shirakawa Hokkaidō Yūshikai
Sorachi Mami Uemura LDP/Dōminkaigi
Ishikari Hideaki Ikehata Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Ishikari Daisuke Sasaki LDP/Dōminkaigi
Shiribeshi Shūji Ichihashi Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Shiribeshi Noritoshi Murata LDP/Dōminkaigi
Iburi Noriomi Kanbe LDP/Dōminkaigi
Hidaka Sumio Fujisawa LDP/Dōminkaigi
Hidaka Bukichi Kanaiwa Hokkaidō Yūshikai
Oshima Hiroshi Sasada Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Oshima Akira Tomihara LDP/Dōminkaigi
Hiyama Takayuki Uchida LDP/Dōminkaigi
Kamikawa Isao Honma LDP/Dōminkaigi
Kamikawa Yūkō Kitaguchi Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Kamikawa Hidenobu Takeuchi LDP/Dōminkaigi
Rumoi Takahiro Asano [ja] LDP/Dōminkaigi
Sōya Masashi Miyoshi LDP/Dōminkaigi
Okhotsk East Fumiaki Takahashi LDP/Dōminkaigi
Okhotsk West Yūta Kuboaki LDP/Dōminkaigi
Okhotsk West Tōru Niinuma Hokkaidō Yūshikai
Tokachi Ryūji Ikemoto Hokkaidō Yūshikai
Tokachi Ryūichi Kita LDP/Dōminkaigi
Tokachi Masashi Koizumi Hokkaidō Gikai Minshu/Dōmin Rengō
Tokachi Tōru Ōtani LDP/Dōminkaigi
Kushiro Shigeo Kirinoki LDP/Dōminkaigi
Nemuro Tetsuo Nakatsukasa LDP/Dōminkaigi

A list of past members is available at the assembly's website.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Japan's first transgender prefectural assembly member elected in Hokkaido". Mainichi Shimbun. April 9, 2019. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  2. ^ http://www03.gikai.pref.hokkaido.jp/pamphlet/pamphlet-31zenki_4-9.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  3. ^ "歴代議員名簿 | 北海道議会事務局". www.gikai.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
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