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Katsuhito Yokokume Edit Profile

横粂 勝仁

lawyer politician

Katsuhito Yokokume is a Japanese Democratic Party of Japan politician and lawyer

Background

The son of a truck driver, Yokokume studied law at Tokyo University, graduating in March 2005.

Education

University of Tokyo.

Career

He passed the bar exam in November 2005. In 2006, he appeared in the Ainori television show as a participant.

Achievements

  • In August 2009, he was elected as a member of the House of Representatives, representing the Southern Kantō proportional representation block on the DPJ list, he failed to win Kanagawa 11th district against the incumbent"s son Shinjirō Koizumi.