Hodaka Maruyama

I find Hodaka Maruyama genuinely fascinating in that way only people who refuse to play it safe can be. Here's a guy from Sakai, Osaka, who climbed all the way through the University of Tokyo and into the bureaucracy, then jumped into politics, which on paper screams cautious, credentialed insider. But that's not the read I get at all. Brilliant but unpolished, maybe brilliant precisely because he won't bend, and that combination makes him riveting to watch. I'd take a raw, combustible figure like him over a smooth operator any day. That Osaka blood, I suspect, was never going to sit quietly.

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Hodaka Maruyama is a Japanese politician born on January 10, 1984, in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. He graduated from the University of Tokyo before entering public life as a politician. He is known for outspoken remarks and a candid political style. His official website and social media accounts remain active as of 2024.

Name (English)

Hodaka Maruyama

Name (Japanese)

丸山穂高

Reading

まるやま ほだか

Born

January 10, 1984 (age 42)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rat

Origin

Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Politician

University

University of Tokyo

• Official sitehttps://www.h-maruyama.jp/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/hodakamaruyama/
• Xhttps://x.com/maruyamahodaka
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%B8%E5%B1%B1%E7%A9%82%E9%AB%98
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11368259

Tags

• From Osaka Prefecture
• Politician

Last updated

2026-06-02

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