Keisuke Harada

He ran the local citizens' college in Hita, lost his first mayoral race narrowly in 2003, won the office in 2011 and held it for three terms. Honestly? That kind of quiet, local career in politics is weirdly refreshing. Not everyone in government needs to be a talking head angling for TV time. Some people apparently just... do the work. There's something to be said for a politician who built his career in his own hometown rather than chasing fame. In a world of performative governance, that feels almost radical.

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Keisuke Harada is a Japanese politician born on December 6, 1958. Born in Hita, Oita Prefecture, he graduated from the high school now known as Tokai University Fukuoka Senior High School, led the local citizens' college Jiyu no Mori Daigaku, and served three terms as mayor of Hita from 2011 until his defeat in the 2023 election.

Name (English)

Keisuke Harada

Name (Japanese)

原田啓介

Reading

はらだ けいすけ

Born

December 6, 1958 (age 67)

Origin

Hita, Oita Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Politician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Dog

High school

Tokai University Fukuoka Senior High School

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8E%9F%E7%94%B0%E5%95%93%E4%BB%8B
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22127107

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Last updated

October 18, 2026

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