Tohoku proportional representation block

The Tōhoku proportional representation block (比例[代表]東北ブロック, Hirei [daihyō] Tōhoku burokku) is one of eleven proportional representation (PR) blocks for the House of Representatives

House of Representatives of Japan

The is the lower house of the Diet of Japan. The House of Councillors of Japan is the upper house.The House of Representatives has 480 members, elected for a four-year term. Of these, 180 members are elected from 11 multi-member constituencies by a party-list system of proportional representation,...

in the Diet of Japan

Diet of Japan

The is Japan's bicameral legislature. It is composed of a lower house, called the House of Representatives, and an upper house, called the House of Councillors. Both houses of the Diet are directly elected under a parallel voting system. In addition to passing laws, the Diet is formally...

. It consists of Tōhoku region

Tohoku region

The is a geographical area of Japan. The region occupies the northeastern portion of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. The region consists of six prefectures : Akita, Aomori, Fukushima, Iwate, Miyagi and Yamagata....

, namely the prefectures of Aomori

Aomori Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku Region. The capital is the city of Aomori.- History :Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Aomori prefecture was known as Mutsu Province....

, Iwate

Iwate Prefecture

is the second largest prefecture of Japan after Hokkaido. It is located in the Tōhoku region of Honshū island and contains the island's easternmost point. The capital is Morioka. Iwate has the lowest population density of any prefecture outside Hokkaido...

, Miyagi

Miyagi Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku Region on Honshu island. The capital is Sendai.- History :Miyagi Prefecture was formerly part of the province of Mutsu. Mutsu Province, on northern Honshu, was one of the last provinces to be formed as land was taken from the indigenous Emishi, and became the...

, Akita

Akita Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku Region of northern Honshu, the main island of Japan. The capital is the city of Akita.- History :The area of Akita has been created from the ancient provinces of Dewa and Mutsu....

, Yamagata

Yamagata Prefecture

-Fruit:Yamagata Prefecture is the largest producer of cherries and pears in Japan. A large quantity of other kinds of fruits such as grapes, apples, peaches, melons, persimmons and watermelons are also produced.- Demographics :...

and Fukushima

Fukushima Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region on the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Fukushima.-History:Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Fukushima prefecture was known as Mutsu Province....

. Following the introduction of proportional voting it elected 16 representatives in 1996. Since 2000, the Tōhoku PR block elects 14 Representatives.

Summary of results

All major national parties have managed to obtain at least one of the PR seats in Tōhoku since the introduction of proportional voting in 1996. The region also contains several strongholds: Aomori in particular is a typical "conservative kingdom" and leans towards the LDP alongside with the Western prefectures along the Sea of Japan coast; Iwate is the home of Ichirō Ozawa

Ichiro Ozawa

is a Japanese politician. Formerly a chief secretary of the Liberal Democratic Party , he later defected from the LDP. He was the president of Japan's main opposition party, the Democratic Party of Japan , from 2006 until May 2009, when he resigned over a fund scandal, and secretary general of the...

, former NFP, LP and DPJ president and a "Democratic kingdom" having also the first prefectural parliament in Japan where the Democrats managed to obtain the status of strongest party in 2007.

General election	DPJ			LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election...			Kōmeitō			JCP Japanese Communist Party The Japanese Communist Party is a left-wing political party in Japan.The JCP advocates the establishment of a society based on socialism, democracy and peace, and opposition to militarism...			SDP Social Democratic Party (Japan) The Social Democratic Party The Social Democratic Party The Social Democratic Party (社会民主党 Shakai Minshu-tō, often abbreviated to 社民党 Shamin-tō; also known as the Social Democratic Party of Japan (abbreviated to SDPJ or SDP in English) is a political party that advocates for the establishment of a...			NFP New Frontier Party The was a Japanese political party that existed during the mid-1990s. As a merger of several small parties, the party was ideologically diverse, with its membership ranging from moderate socialists to neoliberals and conservatives... ('96)/LP Liberal Party (Japan, 1998) The was a Japanese liberal party formed in 1998 by Ichirō Ozawa and Hirohisa Fujii. It is now defunct, having joined the Democratic Party of Japan in 2003.... ('00)			Others
General election	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
1996	513,410	11.1	2	1,630,777	35.3	6	–			442,790	9.6	1	382,271	8.3	1	1,532,987	33.2	6	121,828	2.6	0
2000	1,024,253	21.2	3	1,545,028	32.0	5	474,238	9.8	1	391,055	8.1	1	517,267	10.7	1	786,751	16.3	3	96,174	2.0	0
2003	1,784,768	37.4	5	1,794,284	37.6	6	565,179	11.9	1	313,290	6.6	1	310,187	6.5	1	–			–
2005	1,748,165	33.6	5	1,901,595	36.5	6	620,638	11.9	1	325,176	6.2	1	362,523	7.0	1	–			244,933	4.7	0
2009 Japanese general election, 2009 A general election in Japan was held on August 30, 2009, for all 480 seats of the House of Representatives of Japan, the lower house of the Diet of Japan....	2,433,836	45.5	7	1,491,761	27.9	4	516,688	9.7	1	315,201	5.9	1	316,635	5.9	1	–			277,740	5.2	0

Party names are abbreviated as follows (format: abbreviation, translated name, Japanese name, Engrish name):

DPJ "Democratic Party", Minshutō, Democratic Party of Japan
Democratic Party of Japan
The is a political party in Japan founded in 1998 by the merger of several opposition parties. Its socially liberal platform is generally considered center-left in the Japanese political spectrum...
LDP Liberal Democratic Party
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election...

, Jiyūminshutō
Kōmeitō "Justice Party", Kōmeitō, New Justice Party Party
New Komeito Party
The , New Kōmei Party, or NKP is a centre-right political party in Japan founded by members of the Nichiren Buddhist organization Sōka Gakkai. The leadership and financing of the two groups are currently independent...
JCP Japanese Communist Party
Japanese Communist Party
The Japanese Communist Party is a left-wing political party in Japan.The JCP advocates the establishment of a society based on socialism, democracy and peace, and opposition to militarism...

, Nihon Kyōsantō
SDP Social Democratic Party
Social Democratic Party (Japan)
The Social Democratic Party The Social Democratic Party The Social Democratic Party (社会民主党 Shakai Minshu-tō, often abbreviated to 社民党 Shamin-tō; also known as the Social Democratic Party of Japan (abbreviated to SDPJ or SDP in English) is a political party that advocates for the establishment of a...

, Shakaiminshutō
NFP New Frontier Party
New Frontier Party
The was a Japanese political party that existed during the mid-1990s. As a merger of several small parties, the party was ideologically diverse, with its membership ranging from moderate socialists to neoliberals and conservatives...

, Shinshintō
LP Liberal Party
Liberal Party (Japan, 1998)
The was a Japanese liberal party formed in 1998 by Ichirō Ozawa and Hirohisa Fujii. It is now defunct, having joined the Democratic Party of Japan in 2003....

, Jiyūtō
HRP Happiness Realization Party
Happiness Realization Party
, abbreviated as 幸福, is a Japanese political party founded by Ryuho Okawa on 23 May 2009 "in order to offer the Japanese people a third option" for the upcoming elections in August 2009. The HRP is the political wing of the Happy Science religious movement....

, Kōfuku-jitsugen-tō
YP "Everyone's Party", Minna no Tō, Your Party
Your Party
is a center-right Japanese political party. Led by Yoshimi Watanabe, who split from the Liberal Democratic Party , the party was founded on August 8, 2009 after then-Prime Minister Aso dissolved the lower house. A concept behind the party is to make the government more democratic, and to eliminate...

List of Representatives

Note: Party affiliations as of election day.

Years	\| Elected Representatives
1996–	Zenmei Matsumoto	Ichirō Hino	Kōdō Kohata	Tatsuo Sasayama	Kōki Hagino	Yoshiyuki Hozumi	Ichio Kumagai	Toshiaki Endō Toshiaki Endo is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kaminoyama, Yamagata and graduate of Chuo University , he was elected to the assembly of Yamagata Prefecture in 1983, serving there for one term...
1996–	Kenjirō Hatakeyama	Kōichirō Genba Koichiro Genba is the current Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs. He belongs to the Democratic Party of Japan and is a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet...	Yoshihisa Inoue Yoshihisa Inoue is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Toyama, Toyama and graduate of Tohoku University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990. He lost his seat in 1993 but was re-elected in...	Yasusuke Konta	Kijūrō Sugahara	Hidefumi Minorikawa	Kōji Futada Koji Futada is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Minamiakita District, Akita and graduate of Chuo University, he was elected to the assembly of Akita Prefecture for the first time in 1975 and to the House of Representatives...	Tokuichirō Tamazawa Tokuichiro Tamazawa is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He is a native of Tarō, Iwate and attended a graduate school at Waseda University...
2000–	Zenmei Matsumoto	Ichirō Hino died 2003, replaced by Masayo Tanabu Masayo Tanabu is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. A native of Hachinohe, Aomori and graduate of Tamagawa Gakuguen Junior College for Women she was elected for the first time in 2003 after an unsuccessful run in 2000...	Yasusuke Konta	Kijūrō Sugahara resigned 2001, replaced by Kentarō Ishihara	Yoshinobu Takahashi Yoshinobu Takahashi Yoshinobu Takahashi is a Japanese professional baseball player from Chiba, Japan. He currently plays right field for the Yomiuri Giants, and is one of the most well-known players in Japanese baseball. He graduated from Keio University.A superb contact hitter, he is also known for his exemplary...	Hidefumi Minorikawa died 2003, replaced by Kyōichi Tsushima	Hiroyuki Arai Hiroyuki Arai is a Japanese politician, an independent and member of the House of Councillors in the Diet . A native of Tamura, Fukushima and graduate of Waseda University, he had served in the assembly of Fukushima Prefecture for one term since 1987. He was elected to House of Representatives for the first time...	Kōji Sakamoto
2000–	Tetsuo Kanno Tetsuo Kanno is a Japanese politician of the Social Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet .A native of Kesennuma, Miyagi and high school graduate, he joined Toshiba in 1968. After having served for four terms in the city assembly of Kesennuma since 1985, he ran unsuccessfully...		Takao Satō	Kentarō Kudō Kentaro Kudo is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet . A native of Kunohe District, Iwate and graduate of Chuo University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993 as a member of Japan Renewal Party after...	Yoshihisa Inoue	Hidefumi Minorikawa died 2003, replaced by Kyōichi Tsushima	Kōki Hagino	Ichio Kumagai
2003–	Chizuko Takahashi Chizuko Takahashi Chizuko Takahashi is a Japanese politician and member of House of Representatives for the Japanese Communist Party.-References:...	Kiyohito Hashimoto	Yōsuke Kondō Yosuke Kondo is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . Kondo, the son of former Minister of Labor Tetsuo Kondo, was born in Washington, D.C. but grew up in Yamagata Prefecture. A graduate Keio University, he joined the national newspaper...	Michihiko Kano	Masayoshi Yoshino Masayoshi Yoshino is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Iwaki, Fukushima and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the first of his three terms in the assembly of Fukushima Prefecture in 1987 and then to the House of...	Kōki Hagino	Tokuichirō Tamazawa Tokuichiro Tamazawa is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He is a native of Tarō, Iwate and attended a graduate school at Waseda University...	–
2003–	Kiyohiro Yamamoto	Teruhiko Mashiko Teruhiko Mashiko is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet . A native of Kōriyama, Fukushima and graduate of Waseda University, he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 1986 after serving in the assembly of Fukushima Prefecture for...	Izumi Yoshida Izumi Yoshida is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Iwaki, Fukushima and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to be the mayor of Iwaki in 1996...	Yoshihisa Inoue	Kōji Futada Koji Futada is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Minamiakita District, Akita and graduate of Chuo University, he was elected to the assembly of Akita Prefecture for the first time in 1975 and to the House of Representatives...	Kyōichi Tsushima	Masashi Nakano Masashi Nakano is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Shiogama, Miyagi and graduate of Tohoku Gakuin University he was elected to the Diet for the first time in 1996 after serving in the assembly of Miyagi Prefecture.-...
2005–	Chizuko Takahashi	Kazuko Kōri Kazuko Kori is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Sendai, Miyagi and graduate of Tohoku Gakuin University, she was elected for the first time in 2005 after working at a TV broadcaster.- External links :* in Japanese....	Yōsuke Kondō	Masayo Tanabu	Kōji Sakamoto	Tatsuo Satō Tatsuo Sato (politician) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Fukushima, Fukushima, he attended the University of Tokyo and passed the bar exam while in the school. Upon graduation in 1961 he joined the Ministry of International Trade...	Atsushi Watanabe Atsushi Watanabe is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima and graduate of Komazawa University, he was elected to the first of his two terms in the city assembly of Aizuwakamatsu in 1982, to the first of his...
2005–	Tetsuo Kanno	Hokuto Yokoyama Hokuto Yokoyama is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Tokyo, he attended Chuo University as an undergraduate and received his Ph.D in political science from Tokai University...	Izumi Yoshida	Yoshihisa Inoue	Masashi Nakano	Tokuichirō Tamazawa	Kōji Futada
2009–	Chizuko Takahashi	Masayo Tanabu	Noriko Nakanowatari	Kazuo Takamatsu	Kazuyuki Yamaguchi	Masayoshi Yoshino Masayoshi Yoshino is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Iwaki, Fukushima and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the first of his three terms in the assembly of Fukushima Prefecture in 1987 and then to the House of...	Toshiaki Endō
2009–	Hideo Yoshiizumi	Kyōichi Tsushima	Miki Wajima	Chōuemon Kikuchi	Yoshihisa Inoue	Ken'ya Akiba	Katsutoshi Kaneda

Election result 2009

Tōhoku block results in the 2009 general election
Japanese general election, 2009
A general election in Japan was held on August 30, 2009, for all 480 seats of the House of Representatives of Japan, the lower house of the Diet of Japan....
#	Candidate	District	"Loss ratio" (sekihairitsu) Sekihairitsu The is a method used in the proportional representation constituencies for the Japanese House of Representatives to determine the order of candidates placed on the same list position by their party....	Elected	#	Candidate	District	"Loss ratio"	Elected	#	Candidate	District	"Loss ratio"	Elected
LDP: 1,491,761 votes (27.9%), 4 seats					DPJ: 2,433,836 votes (45.5%), 7 seats					Kōmeitō: 516,688 votes (9.7%), 1 seat
1	Masayoshi Yoshino Masayoshi Yoshino is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Iwaki, Fukushima and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the first of his three terms in the assembly of Fukushima Prefecture in 1987 and then to the House of...	Fukushima 3	(35.5%)	Elected	1	Masayo Tanabu Masayo Tanabu is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. A native of Hachinohe, Aomori and graduate of Tamagawa Gakuguen Junior College for Women she was elected for the first time in 2003 after an unsuccessful run in 2000...	Aomori 3	99.5%	Elected	1	Yoshihisa Inoue Yoshihisa Inoue is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Toyama, Toyama and graduate of Tohoku University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990. He lost his seat in 1993 but was re-elected in...	PR only		Elected
2	Ken'ya Akiba	PR only		Elected		Kyōichi Tsushima	Aomori 4	86.8%	Elected	2	Kaneshige Wakamatsu			–
3	Toshiaki Endō Toshiaki Endo is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kaminoyama, Yamagata and graduate of Chuo University , he was elected to the assembly of Yamagata Prefecture in 1983, serving there for one term...	Yamagata 1	98.7%	Elected		Noriko Nakanowatari	Aomori 2	74.2%	Elected	3	Tetsuya Kawamata			–
	Katsutoshi Kaneda	Akita 2	98.5%	Elected		Hokuto Yokoyama Hokuto Yokoyama is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Tokyo, he attended Chuo University as an undergraduate and received his Ph.D in political science from Tokai University...	Aomori 1	Won district		JCP: 315,201 votes (5.9%), 1 seat
	Akinori Eto Akinori Eto is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Towada, Aomori, he attended Nihon University as both undergraduate and graduate. He was elected for the first time in 1996 but lost his seat in the re-election four years...	Aomori 2	Won district			Takeshi Shina Takeshi Shina is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A 1991 graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected for the first time in 2007.- External links :* in Japanese....	Iwate 1	Won district		#	Candidate	District	"Loss ratio"	Elected
	Tadamori Ōshima Tadamori Oshima is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Hachinohe, Aomori and graduate of Keio University, he worked at the national newspaper Mainichi Shimbun from 1970 to 1974 and was elected to the assembly of Aomori Prefecture...	Aomori 3	Won district			Kōji Hata	Iwate 2	Won district		1	Chizuko Takahashi Chizuko Takahashi Chizuko Takahashi is a Japanese politician and member of House of Representatives for the Japanese Communist Party.-References:...	PR only		Elected
	Tarō Kimura Taro Kimura Tarō Kimura may refer to:Tarō Kimura Tarō Kimura...	Aomori 4	Won district			Tōru Kikawada Toru Kikawada is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Rikuzentakata, Iwate and graduate of Waseda University, he worked at the city government of Rikuzentakata from 1977 to 1994...	Iwate 3	Won district		2	Shizue Miyamoto	PR only		–
	Itsunori Onodera Itsunori Onodera is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kesennuma, Miyagi, he attended Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology as an undergraduate and the University of Tokyo as a graduate. He was elected to the House of...	Miyagi 6	Won district			Kazuko Kōri Kazuko Kori is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Sendai, Miyagi and graduate of Tohoku Gakuin University, she was elected for the first time in 2005 after working at a TV broadcaster.- External links :* in Japanese....	Miyagi 1	Won district		3	Satoshi Suzuki	Akita 1	17.0%	–
	Kōichi Katō Koichi Kato (LDP) is a Japanese politician . Born in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, he is a member of the House of Representatives and the Liberal Democratic Party.- Political career :...	Yamagata 3	Won district			Yasunori Saitō	Miyagi 2	Won district			Mikio Katō	Miyagi 4	9.9%	–
	Nobuhide Minorikawa Nobuhide Minorikawa is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Ōmagari, Akita, he attended Keio University and received a master's degree from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University in the United States...	Akita 3	88.9%	–		Kiyohito Hashimoto	Miyagi 3	Won district			Yō Yoshimata	Aomori 1	7.8%	–
	Yoshitaka Kameoka	Fukushima 1	87.4%	–		Keiki Ishiyama	Miyagi 4	Won district			Sadakiyo Segawa	Iwate 4	6.1%	–
	Takumi Nemoto Takumi Nemoto is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kōriyama, Fukushima and graduate of the University of Tokyo he joined the Ministry of Construction in 1974...	Fukushima 2	84.9%	–		Jun Azumi Jun Azumi is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Oshika District, Miyagi and graduate of Waseda University, he worked at the public broadcaster NHK from 1985 to 1993...	Miyagi 5	Won district			Masayuki Satō	Yamagata 1	5.6%	–
	Shun'ichi Suzuki	Iwate 2	82.1%	–		Manabu Terata Manabu Terata is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. A native of Yokote, Akita and graduate of Chuo University he was elected for the first time in 2003.-External links:*...	Akita 1	Won district		SDP: 316,635 votes (5.9%), 1 seat
	Akihiro Nishimura Akihiro Nishimura is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka he attended Waseda University as both undergraduate and graduate students...	Miyagi 3	79.0%	–		Mikiko Kyōno	Akita 3	Won district		#	Candidate	District	"Loss ratio"	Elected
	Shintarō Itō Shintaro Ito is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Tokyo and graduate of Keio University, he received his master's degrees from Keio University and Harvard University and completed a program at the American Film Institute...	Miyagi 4	77.2%	–		Michihiko Kano	Yamagata 1	Won district		1	Hideo Yoshiizumi	Yamagata 3	61.5%	Elected
	Masami Saitō	Miyagi 5	70.7%	–		Yōsuke Kondō Yosuke Kondo is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . Kondo, the son of former Minister of Labor Tetsuo Kondo, was born in Washington, D.C. but grew up in Yamagata Prefecture. A graduate Keio University, he joined the national newspaper...	Yamagata 2	Won district			Tetsuo Kanno Tetsuo Kanno is a Japanese politician of the Social Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet .A native of Kesennuma, Miyagi and high school graduate, he joined Toshiba in 1968. After having served for four terms in the city assembly of Kesennuma since 1985, he ran unsuccessfully...	Miyagi 6	53.6%	–
	Kōji Futada Koji Futada is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Minamiakita District, Akita and graduate of Chuo University, he was elected to the assembly of Akita Prefecture for the first time in 1975 and to the House of Representatives...	Akita 1	66.3%	–		Yōsaburō Ishihara	Fukushima 1	Won district			Kiyohiro Yamamoto	Akita 2	25.2%	–
	Kōji Sakamoto	Fukushima 5	65.5%	–		Kazumi Ōta Kazumi Ota is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . She was elected to the assembly of Chiba Prefecture in 2005 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2006....	Fukushima 2	Won district			Senryō Obara	Iwate 4	21.5%	–
	Masashi Nakano Masashi Nakano is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Shiogama, Miyagi and graduate of Tohoku Gakuin University he was elected to the Diet for the first time in 1996 after serving in the assembly of Miyagi Prefecture.-...	Miyagi 2	62.3%	–		Kōichirō Genba Koichiro Genba is the current Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs. He belongs to the Democratic Party of Japan and is a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet...	Fukushima 3	Won district			Hidehiko Watanabe	Aomori 1	12.6%	–
	Tōru Doi Toru Doi is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Kurokawa District, Miyagi and graduate of Tohoku Gakuin University he was elected for the first time in 2005 after serving in the local assembly of Miyagi...	Miyagi 1	58.2%	–		Kōzō Watanabe Kozo Watanabe is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Tajima, Fukushima and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the first of his two terms in the assembly of Fukushima Prefecture in 1959 and then to the House of...	Fukushima 4	Won district			Masahiro Isawa	Iwate 1	11.2%	–
	Atsushi Watanabe Atsushi Watanabe is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima and graduate of Komazawa University, he was elected to the first of his two terms in the city assembly of Aizuwakamatsu in 1982, to the first of his...	Fukushima 4	53.8%	–		Izumi Yoshida Izumi Yoshida is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Iwaki, Fukushima and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to be the mayor of Iwaki in 1996...	Fukushima 5	Won district		YP: 241,445 votes (4.5%), no seat
	Hironori Suzuki	Yamagata 2	48.7%	–	22	Miki Wajima	PR only		Elected	#	Candidate	District	"Loss ratio"	Elected
	Hidenori Hashimoto	Iwate 3	46.9%	–	23	Kazuo Takamatsu			Elected	1	Shinji Oguma	Fukushima 4	46.7%	–
	Hinako Takahashi	Iwate 1	43.4%	–	24	Chōuemon Kikuchi			Elected	1	Shigehito Sasaki	Akita 2	9.2%	–
	Yoshinobu Takahashi Yoshinobu Takahashi Yoshinobu Takahashi is a Japanese professional baseball player from Chiba, Japan. He currently plays right field for the Yomiuri Giants, and is one of the most well-known players in Japanese baseball. He graduated from Keio University.A superb contact hitter, he is also known for his exemplary...	Iwate 4	31.1%	–	25	Kazuyuki Yamaguchi			Elected	HRP: 36,295 votes (0.7%), no seat
26	Nobuhiro Ōmiya	PR only		–	26	Tamikazu Kawaguchi			–	#	Candidate	District	"Loss ratio"	Elected
27	Shigeyo Nagaoka			–	27	Ippu Watanabe			–	1	Hironori Matsushima	PR only		–
28	Hisataka Satō			–	28	Hisashi Suzuki			–	2	Yukiya Uejō			–
–										3	Maki Akimoto			–

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