Manabu Terata

I'll be honest, I came in knowing nothing about Manabu Terata, but his backstory won me over fast. A kid from Yokote in Akita who heads to Tokyo, studies at Chuo University, and works at Mitsubishi Corporation before winning a Diet seat in 2003 as its youngest member. He does come from a political family, with a father who governed Akita and a wife in the upper house, but the years in a trading company count for something. He later served as a special advisor to two prime ministers.

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Manabu Terata is a Japanese politician born on September 20, 1976, in Yokote, Akita Prefecture. He graduated from Akita Prefectural Yokote High School and went on to study at Chuo University in Tokyo. Before entering politics, he worked for Mitsubishi Corporation; he was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2003 and served as a special advisor to Prime Ministers Kan and Noda. His father is former Akita governor Sukeshiro Terata and his wife is Councillor Shizuka Terata.

Name (English)

Manabu Terata

Name (Japanese)

寺田学

Reading

てらた まなぶ

Born

September 20, 1976 (age 50)

Origin

Yokote, Akita Prefecture, Japan

Height

187cm

Occupation

Politician / Company Employee (former)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Dragon

High school

Akita Prefectural Yokote High School

University

Chuo University

• Official sitehttps://www.manabu.jp/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/manabu_terata_official/
• Xhttps://x.com/teratamanabu
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AF%BA%E7%94%B0%E5%AD%A6
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6746585

Tags

• From Akita Prefecture
• Politician
• Company Employee

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.