Born on April 2, 1950. Permanent address: Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. In 1975, he entered the Tokyo Metropolitan Toyama High School. 1981: Graduated from the Department of Synthetic Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo. Established at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Engineering in 1981. In the same year, he joined Chiyoda Corporation and became an engineer. In 1990, he became a lecturer at Toa University and a part-time lecturer at Fisheries University. Mayor of Shimonoseki in 1995 (four consecutive terms thereafter). 2010 Visiting Professor, Kurashiki University of Arts and Sciences
〇In April 2013, he was elected chief in the by-election for Sansanin Yamaguchi Prefecture District Representative (3 consecutive terms thereafter). 2015: Parliamentary Officer of the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (3rd Abe Reshuffle), 2016: Chairman of the First Division of the Liberal Democratic Party, 2017: Chairman of the Fisheries Division of the Liberal Democratic Party, 2018: Tounichi Appointed as Chairman of the Special Committee for Great Earthquake Reconstruction, Chairman of the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Committee in 2019, State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and State Minister of the Prefectural Government (Akira Suganai) in 2020, Chief Director of the House Steering Committee in 2021, etc.
〇 Acting Chairman of the Political Affairs Research Council of the Liberal Democratic Party, Acting Chairman of the Policy Council of the Liberal Democratic Party, House of Councilors, etc.
(Appointed on December 18, 2020)
