Ken'ichi Hosoda

Politician is one of those labels that instantly makes you picture a stiff guy in a suit reading from a teleprompter, but Hosoda Ken'ichi's background actually makes me curious in a good way. Pair that with a Kyoto University degree and you've got someone who presumably had the brainpower to go anywhere but ended up grinding through the long, grinding slog of Japanese politics.

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Ken'ichi Hosoda is a Japanese politician born on July 11, 1964, in Hyogo Prefecture. He studied at Kyoto University, one of Japan's most prestigious national universities. He maintains an official website and is active on social media platforms including Instagram and X (formerly Twitter). A Kyoto University law graduate, he joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 1988, served as a press aide to minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, and is a five-term Liberal Democratic Party member of the House of Representatives.

Name (English)

Ken'ichi Hosoda

Name (Japanese)

細田健一

Reading

ほそだ けんいち

Born

July 11, 1964 (age 62)

Origin

Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Politician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Dragon

University

Kyoto University

• Official sitehttps://hosoda-kenichi.jp/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/kenhosoda2020/
• Xhttps://x.com/hosoda_kenichi
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B4%B0%E7%94%B0%E5%81%A5%E4%B8%80
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11606064

Tags

• From Hyogo Prefecture
• Politician

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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