Kōnosuke Kokuba

Okinawa politics is its own universe — base disputes, mainland tensions, a sense of being perpetually caught between worlds — and Kokuba Konosuke has built his whole career right in the middle of that friction. A Naha native who went up to Waseda and came back, he's the kind of politician whose roots are loud enough that you can't easily dismiss him as a Tokyo import. The LDP connection sits awkwardly on an island that has historically chafed at the party's stance on US military presence, and he clearly knows it, which is probably what keeps him interesting. I don't always agree with where he lands on things, but there's something genuinely difficult about holding that seat, and not everybody would want the job. A local son threading a needle that most politicians wouldn't even touch.

Kōnosuke Kokuba is a Japanese politician born on January 10, 1973, in Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture. He graduated from Waseda University. He maintains an official website and is active on Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).

Name (English)

Kōnosuke Kokuba

Name (Japanese)

國場幸之助

Reading

こくば こうのすけ

Born

January 10, 1973 (age 53)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Ox (丑)

Origin

Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Politician

University

Waseda University

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.konosuke.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/kokubakonosukekoenkai/
• Xhttps://x.com/kokubkonosuke
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9C%8B%E5%A0%B4%E5%B9%B8%E4%B9%8B%E5%8A%A9

Tags

• From Okinawa 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.