Tadatomo Yoshida

Education

Kyushu University.

Career

He was first elected in 2010 House of Councillors election. He previously served as a prefectural assembly member in Oita Prefecture. He was inaugurated on October 26, 2013 as Social Democratic Party party leader.

Achievements

• He ran for the Social Democratic Party Chairmanship and defeated Tokyo City Toshima Ward Councilor Taiga Ishikawa, the first openly gay Social Democratic Party elected politician, by a vote of 9986 to 2239 to win the party election on October 14, 2013.