Koizumi family
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The Koizumi family has been prominent in Japan
ese politics since the early 1900s. Notable members of this family include:
Japan
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ese politics since the early 1900s. Notable members of this family include:
- Matajiro KoizumiMatajiro KoizumiKoizumi Matajirō was the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications in Japan. He was a scaffolder's son from Yokohama, known as "wild man" and "irezumi minister" because he had a large tattoo of a red dragon on his back. He sought to privatise the Post Office.Koizumi led a movement to establish...
(1865 - 1951) – Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, he was known as the "wild man" and "tattoo minister" because of a large dragon Japanese tattooTattooA tattoo is made by inserting indelible ink into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment. Tattoos on humans are a type of body modification, and tattoos on other animals are most commonly used for identification purposes...
on his back.- Junya KoizumiJunya Koizumiwas a Japanese politician who served as Director General of the Japan Defense Agency during the 1960s.Koizumi was born in Higashi-Kaseda, Kagoshima Prefecture . He attended high school at night while working in a department store, and then attended law classes at Nihon University while working as a...
(1904 - 1969) – Son-in-law of Matajiro, he built a kamikazeKamikazeThe were suicide attacks by military aviators from the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II, designed to destroy as many warships as possible....
airfield in 1944 at Kaseda, KagoshimaKaseda, KagoshimaKaseda was a city located in Kagoshima, Japan.On November 7, 2005 Kaseda was merged with the town of Kinpō, from Hioki District, and the towns of Bonotsu, Kasasa and Ōura from Kawanabe District, to form the new city of Minamisatsuma...
. Served as Director General of the Japan Defense AgencyJapan Defense AgencyThe is a cabinet-level ministry of the Japanese government. As a result of a law enacted on December 15, 2006, it became a ministry on January 9, 2007. Prior to that, it was the Japan Defense Agency ...
.- Tetsugoro Iryo (1924/5 - 1945) – nephew of Junya and cousin of Junichiro KoizumiJunichiro Koizumiis a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006. He retired from politics when his term in parliament ended.Widely seen as a maverick leader of the Liberal Democratic Party , he became known as an economic reformer, focusing on Japan's government debt and the...
, died a kamikaze pilot. - Junichiro KoizumiJunichiro Koizumiis a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006. He retired from politics when his term in parliament ended.Widely seen as a maverick leader of the Liberal Democratic Party , he became known as an economic reformer, focusing on Japan's government debt and the...
(1942 - ) – son of Junya and grandson of Matajiro. Former Prime Minister of JapanPrime Minister of JapanThe is the head of government of Japan. He is appointed by the Emperor of Japan after being designated by the Diet from among its members, and must enjoy the confidence of the House of Representatives to remain in office...
. - Kayoko Miyamoto (1957? - ) – ex-wife of Junichiro Koizumi.
- Kotaro KoizumiKotaro KoizumiKotaro Koizumi is a Japanese actor and the eldest son of the former Japanese Prime Minister, Junichiro Koizumi, and Kayoko Miyamoto....
(1978 - ) – actor, eldest son of Junichiro. - Shinjiro KoizumiShinjirō Koizumiis a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party. He is the second son of former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and younger brother of actor Kotaro Koizumi. He was elected into his father's former seat representing the Kanagawa 11th district in 2009.- External links :*...
(1981 - ) – politician, second son of Junichiro. - Yoshinaga Miyamoto (1982 - ) – has never met his father Junichiro.
- Kotaro Koizumi
- Tetsugoro Iryo (1924/5 - 1945) – nephew of Junya and cousin of Junichiro Koizumi
- Junya Koizumi