Kazuma Nakatani
中谷 一馬
Member of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
22 October 2017
ConstituencyMinami Kanto PR block
Member of Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly
In office
30 April 2011 – 2014
ConstituencyKōhoku-ku, Yokohama
Personal details
Born (1983-08-30) August 30, 1983
Kawaminami, Koyu District, Miyazaki Prefecture
Political partyCDP(2017–present)
Other political
affiliations
  • DPJ (before 2016, merger)
  • DP (2016–2017)
Alma materDigital Hollywood University
Website衆議院議員　中谷一馬 公式サイト

Kazuma Nakatani (born August 30, 1983) is a Japanese politician, businessman, and judo therapist. He is a member of the House of Representatives representing the 7th District of Kanagawa prefecture with the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the director of its youth bureau. He was previously a member of Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly.

Early life and education

Born in Kawaminami-cho, Koyu-gun, Miyazaki Prefecture, he grew up in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture.[1] He lives in Yokohama City.[2] He grew up in a poor mother-child family and his parents divorced when he was 11. While repeatedly moving to Saitama, Tokyo, Osaka, and Kanagawa Prefecture, he went to two kindergartens, four elementary schools, and two junior high schools.[3]

He graduated from Kawasaki City Hiyoshi Junior High School, Kanagawa Prefectural Yokohama Hiranuma Correspondence High School, and Kuretake Acupuncture and Moxibustion Judo Rehabilitation School. He is enrolled in correspondence courses of the Faculty of Economics, Keio University. He received the MVP Award from Digital Hollywood University Graduate School, with an M.A. of Digital Content Management (DCM).

Career

Participated in the founding of gumi, Inc. After serving as an executive officer, he became an advisor of gumi, Inc.[4][5]

On April 10, 2011, he ran for the Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly in the 17th Unified Local Elections under the official recognition of the Democratic Party of Japan,[6] and became the youngest person to be elected for the first time at the age of 27, the youngest of which was elected.

On December 14, 2014, he ran for the 47th General Election for members of the House of Representatives from Kanagawa 7th District with the Democratic Party of Japan(DP) official recognition, and was defeated second to The Liberal Democratic Party's Mr. Keisuke Suzuki.[7] In 2016, he was appointed president of the 7th District General Branch of Kanagawa Prefecture by the DP.[8] On September 28, 2017, the DP decided joining the Party of Hope, was effectively "dissolved". Before dawn on October 1 of the same year, Nakatani decided not to join the Party of Hope. The next day, after receiving news of the formation of the Constitutional Democratic Party, he announced his participation in the party. "Nothing is born from the logic of the exclusion of Yuriko Koike," he answered toward media outlets.[9] On October 6, The Federation Kanagawa decided to recommend Nakatani.[10] The Party of Hope recommended 35-year-old female newcomer from local area,[11] and the Japan Restoration Party also recommended the candidate. Members of Yokohama City Assembly and Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly, who are elected from Kohoku and Tuzuki District, all supported for the candidate of the Party of Hope.[12] He ran for the 48th General Election of members of the House of Representatives on October 22 with the constitutional democratic party official recognition from Kanagawa 7th district. While he was defeated second to The Liberal Democratic Party's Mr. Keisuke Suzuki, after all he was elected for the first time due to a proportional revival.[13] In May 2018, he was appointed secretary general of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan's Parliamentary Group of Science, Technology and Innovation.[14] In October 2018, he was invited to the Global Blockchain Policy Conference 2018 as a leading participant in blockchain policy, along with President of Estonia, Kersti Kaljulaid, on behalf of Japanese diet members.[15] He was also appointed director of the Youth Bureau of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan. In October 2020, he was appointed director general of the Project Team for Digital Policy of the Constitutional Democratic Party.In December 2020, he won the grand prize for his book ”Politician New Generation”, at the "Gakudo Book of the Year 2020", in which a political book selected by the Ozaki Yukio Memorial Foundation[16]

He has been a secretary for Naoto Kan, the 94th Prime Minister, for about three years.[17]

References

  1. ↑ "中谷一馬（小選挙区・神奈川県）【衆議院選挙2017】： 読売新聞". 読売新聞オンライン (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  2. ↑ https://www.pref.kanagawa.jp/osirase/9400/r11126/0090rikkenminsyutou/08_9517.pdf
  3. ↑ "母子家庭・貧困育ちから、元首相の秘書を経て、神奈川県議会議員に史上最年少27歳で当選した中谷一馬が政治家になった理由（中谷 一馬） @gendai_biz". 現代ビジネス. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  4. ↑ "立憲民主党 神奈川7区(横浜市港北区・都筑区) 衆議院議員 中谷一馬 公式サイト – 人となり" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  5. ↑ "「だから政治家になった。」中谷一馬が目指す、サステイナブルな社会とは。 | インフルエンサー-海外セレブ・国内芸能エンタメニュースサイト" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  6. ↑ "神奈川県 議選：開票結果 : 統一地方選2011 : 地方選 : 選挙 : Yomiuri Online（読売新聞）". Archived from the original on 2017-03-19. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  7. ↑ "【衆院選】：衆院選2014：開票結果・速報：小選挙区・神奈川：選挙：読売新聞". Archived from the original on 2017-06-19. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  8. ↑ "立憲民主党 神奈川県第7区総支部（横浜市港北区・都筑区） – 立憲民主党 神奈川県第7区総支部 メンバー紹介" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  9. ↑ "東京新聞:＜衆院選＞枝野氏結成「立憲民主党」 参加の声、県内も続々:神奈川(TOKYO Web)". Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  10. ↑ kanagawa (2017-10-06). "第48回衆議院選挙 連合神奈川〈推薦〉〈支持〉候補者". 連合神奈川 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  11. ↑ "川野案（小選挙区・神奈川県）【衆議院選挙2017】： 読売新聞". 読売新聞オンライン (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  12. ↑ "東京新聞:＜衆院選 激戦の後＞（下）地方政界 中央の決定でねじれ:神奈川(TOKYO Web)". Archived from the original on 2017-11-09. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  13. ↑ "神奈川-開票速報-2017衆議院選挙（衆院選）：朝日新聞デジタル". 朝日新聞デジタル (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  14. ↑ "立憲民主党 科学技術・イノベーション議員連盟 第一回総会・勉強会に参加。 - VOICE （堀越けいにん公式Blog）". qloba (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  15. ↑ "世界ブロックチェーン政策会議で行われた議論 - 中谷一馬（ナカタニカズマ） ｜ 選挙ドットコム". 選挙ドットコム (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  16. ↑ https://ozakiyukio.jp/docs/release_20201225.pdf
  17. ↑ "立憲民主党 神奈川7区(横浜市港北区・都筑区) 衆議院議員 中谷一馬 公式サイト – 中谷一馬を応援する" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-06-14.
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