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. Born in 1984, a Capricorn with all the ambition that implies, he always struck me as too restless to sand down his edges, the type who says the thing out loud while everyone else is calculating their next move. 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.

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 (子)

Origin

Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Politician

University

University of Tokyo

Motto

Private

• 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

Tags

• From Osaka Prefecture
• 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.