Keitaro Ohno

Keitaro Ohno is the kind of politician who actually did the homework before showing up — Tokyo Institute of Technology mechanical engineering, a doctorate from Tokyo University, a stint at Fujitsu's space development division, and a visiting fellowship at UC Berkeley. That's a legitimately unusual resume for a Diet member. He represents Kagawa's 3rd district for the Liberal Democratic Party, elected six times since 2012, and has carved out a niche in economic security and defense policy that suits his engineering-heavy background rather well. Yes, he's a second-generation politician — grandfather, father, the whole dynasty thing — but the technical depth feels real, not inherited. I find myself genuinely curious what someone with that kind of background actually thinks in the back rooms where defense tech and industrial policy get decided. Whether that curiosity translates to good governance is a different question, but at least the pedigree isn't purely bloodline.

Keitaro Ohno is a Japanese politician born on November 1, 1968, in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture. He graduated from the Tokyo Institute of Technology. He maintains an official website and is active on social media platforms including Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).

Name (English)

Keitaro Ohno

Name (Japanese)

大野敬太郎

Reading

おおの けいたろう

Born

November 1, 1968 (age 57)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Monkey (申)

Origin

Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Politician

University

Tokyo Institute of Technology

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://keitaro-ohno.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/keitaroohno/
• Xhttps://x.com/keitaro_ohno
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E9%87%8E%E6%95%AC%E5%A4%AA%E9%83%8E

Tags

• From Kagawa 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.