Gaku Hasegawa
Member of the House of Councilors
Assumed office
July 26, 2010
Preceded byYoshio Nakagawa
ConstituencyHokkaido
Personal details
Born (1971-02-16) February 16, 1971 (age 53)
Kasugai-City, Aichi-Prefecture
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Political partyLiberal Democratic Party of Japan
Height140px
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Alma materHokkaido University
WebsiteOfficial Website, Weblog

Gaku Hasegawa (長谷川岳, Hasegawa Gaku, born February 16, 1971)is a member of the House of Councillors of Japan from Hokkaido. He belongs to the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). In 1990 he enrolled at Hokkaido University and majored in Business Administration. While attending university, he, with five other friends, brought the Soran Festival to Hokkaido, which is now run by the YASOKOI Soran Festival Foundation. The Soran Festival incorporates the traditional Sōran Bushi song and dance. In 1998 he was elected Director of the YASOKOI Soran Foundation. In 2008 he ran against Takahiro Yokomichi of the Democratic Party of Japan for representative of the first district of Hokkaido, but lost. [1] [2] He was elected to the House of Councillors in July of 2010.[3]


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House of Councillors
Preceded by Councillor for Hokkaidō
2010-
Served alongside: Eri Tokunaga
Succeeded by
Political offices


Category:1971 births Category:Living people Category:People from Aichi Prefecture Category:Hokkaido University alumni Category:Members of the House of Councillors Category:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians