Kenichi Yoshizumi

Kenichi Yoshizumi is one of those politicians who has spent his whole career in one neighborhood — born in Okubo, he rose from ward assembly member to mayor of Shinjuku in 2014 and now chairs the association of Tokyo's special-ward mayors, which suggests someone who just wants to do the work without the circus. His generation came of age watching Japan's bubble economy implode, and that tends to produce a certain no-frills pragmatism. Three terms running one of Tokyo's busiest wards while keeping a low profile in an era of performative everything? That alone makes me curious about what he's actually getting done.

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Kenichi Yoshizumi is a Japanese politician born on April 22, 1972. Raised in Okubo, Shinjuku, and a Nihon University law graduate, he worked as a secretary to Kaoru Yosano, served on the Shinjuku ward assembly and the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly, and has been mayor of Shinjuku since 2014.

Name (English)

Kenichi Yoshizumi

Name (Japanese)

吉住健一

Reading

よしずみ けんいち

Born

April 22, 1972 (age 54)

Origin

Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Occupation

Politician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rat

University

Nihon University

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%89%E4%BD%8F%E5%81%A5%E4%B8%80
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24864718

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Last updated

September 26, 2026

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