Background
He was born in Yame city in Fukuoka prefecture.
服部良一
He was born in Yame city in Fukuoka prefecture.
Kyoto University.
He entered Kyoto University in 1969 before leaving part-way through his degree and moving to Osaka to work, where he became active with the trade union movement. In the House of Councillors 2007 election he ran for the House of Councillors in Osaka, but was defeated. In the 2009 general election he was elected as the House of Representatives member representing the Kinki block.
He became the private secretary of Tokushin Yamauchi, an Social Democratic Party member of the House of Councillors.