Masaaki Taira

Taira has held a seat in Japan's House of Representatives since 2005, meaning he has been re-elected through two decades of shifting political weather. That number impresses me more than any single policy position. Japanese politics produces plenty of one-cycle wonders, especially in urban districts where a swing in national mood can erase an incumbent overnight, and Tokyo is exactly that kind of unforgiving ground. Surviving it repeatedly is not luck; it is unglamorous constituency work done year after year. Born in Tokyo in 1967 and educated at Waseda, he is about as textbook a metropolitan politician as you will find. I judge politicians ultimately on outcomes, but staying in the arena long enough to have outcomes at all is its own hard-won qualification.

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Name (English)

Masaaki Taira

Name (Japanese)

平将明

Reading

たいら まさあき

Born

February 21, 1967 (age 59)

Origin

Tokyo, Japan

Occupation

politician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Goat

University

Waseda University

• Official sitehttps://www.taira-m.jp/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/masaaki5392/
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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaaki%20Taira
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B9%B3%E5%B0%86%E6%98%8E
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6782264

Tags

• Tokyo
• politician

Last updated

November 2, 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.