Background
Kakizawa was born in Brussels while his father Koji Kakizawa was stationed overseas with the Ministry of Finance. He grew up in Tokyo, attending Azabu High School and the University of Tokyo.
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Kakizawa was born in Brussels while his father Koji Kakizawa was stationed overseas with the Ministry of Finance. He grew up in Tokyo, attending Azabu High School and the University of Tokyo.
University of Tokyo.
He worked for Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai in Nagano from 1995 to 1999, during which time he worked on the broadcasting of the 1998 Winter Olympics. He resigned to work on his father"s campaign in the 1999 gubernatorial election in Tokyo. Although the elder Kakizawa lost this race, he was elected to the House of Representatives in the 2000 election and the younger Kakizawa subsequently served as his assistant.
He joined Your Party in 2009 and stood as a candidate for the 15th district in the 2009 general election.
In 2008, he was involved in a drunk driving accident and left the metropolitan assembly, spending the next year outside politics. He left Your Party in August 2013, and later joined the new Yuinotoh party formed under Kenji Eda.
He was reelected in the 2005 election as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan.