Kunio Hiramatsu

What strikes me most about Kunio Hiramatsu is the sheer audacity of the pivot — you spend years as a TV announcer at MBS, mastering the art of putting other people's stories into words, and then one day you decide you want to be the story. Most broadcasters stay safely behind the microphone their whole careers, and honestly, who could blame them. But Hiramatsu stepped out from behind it, ran for Mayor of Osaka, and held that seat from 2003 to 2011 — eight years of actually running Japan's second city, not just narrating it. I think the announcer background probably helped more than people give him credit for; he already knew how to read a room, control a message, and keep people listening. Born in Amagasaki in 1948, Doshisha grad, Scorpio through and through — there's a quiet stubbornness to that profile, the kind of guy who commits fully once he's made up his mind and doesn't much care if you think it's a strange move.

Kunio Hiramatsu is a Japanese politician and former broadcaster born on November 15, 1948, in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. He studied at Doshisha University before building a career that spanned both broadcasting and public office. He is known for his transition from work as an announcer to a role as a politician. Further details of his career timeline and personal life are not publicly disclosed.

Name (English)

Kunio Hiramatsu

Name (Japanese)

平松邦夫

Reading

ひらまつ くにお

Born

November 15, 1948 (age 77)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Year of the Rat

Origin

Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Politician / Announcer

University

Doshisha University

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.hiramatsu-osaka.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/hiramatsu_osaka
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B9%B3%E6%9D%BE%E9%82%A6%E5%A4%AB

Tags

• From Hyogo Prefecture
• Politician
• Announcer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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