Aki Shirasaka

Honestly, the combination of growing up in Taketa — that quiet castle-town tucked into the mountains of Oita — and then going all the way to Waseda is exactly the kind of backstory that makes someone interesting to me. That's not a small jump. And then to build a career in business and eventually step into politics on top of it? There's a certain unshowy toughness to that trajectory that I find genuinely compelling. She's a Cancer born in the Year of the Horse, which sounds contradictory until you meet someone who's warm and loyal but will absolutely outrun you if they want to. I get that energy from her public presence — not someone who chases the spotlight, but someone who shows up prepared and lets the work make the argument. That kind of person tends to last.

Aki Shirasaka is a Japanese businessperson and politician born on July 20, 1966, in Taketa City, Oita Prefecture. She graduated from Waseda University and has built a career spanning both commerce and public affairs. Active on social media through official accounts on Instagram and X, she maintains a personal website at shirasakaaki.jp.

Name (English)

Aki Shirasaka

Name (Japanese)

白坂亜紀

Reading

しらさか あき

Born

July 20, 1966 (age 60)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Horse (午)

Origin

Taketa City, Oita Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Businessperson / Politician

University

Waseda University

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://shirasakaaki.jp/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/shirasaka_aki/
• Xhttps://x.com/shirasaka_aki
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%99%BD%E5%9D%82%E4%BA%9C%E7%B4%80

Tags

• From Oita Prefecture
• Businessperson
• Politician

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.