Masayoshi Okumura

Okay, this guy's résumé is borderline ridiculous, and I mean that as a compliment. Masayoshi "Okkun" Okumura made his name as the beatboxer and vocalist in the a cappella group RAG FAIR, doing that whole thing where one mouth becomes a drum kit, and somewhere along the way he also picked up a certified weather forecaster qualification and dove into early-childhood education research over at Tsukuba. Now he's in politics too. Honestly, I came in assuming "music dude" and got whiplash. But the more I sit with it, the more it tracks: making people smile with your voice, helping them read the sky, thinking hard about kids and society, it's all the same impulse to be useful to other people. Not just clever, genuinely earnest. I respect the heck out of that.

Masayoshi Okumura is a Japanese politician and musician born on March 30, 1978, in Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture. He attended the University of Tsukuba for his higher education. He is active in both the political sphere and as a musician, and maintains a public presence through his official website and social media accounts.

Name (English)

Masayoshi Okumura

Name (Japanese)

奥村政佳

Reading

おくむら まさよし

Born

March 30, 1978 (age 48)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Horse (午)

Origin

Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Politician / Musician

University

University of Tsukuba

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://okkun.info/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/okkun330/
• Xhttps://x.com/OKKUN330
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A5%A5%E6%9D%91%E6%94%BF%E4%BD%B3

Tags

• From Osaka Prefecture
• Politician
• Musician

Last updated

2026-06-02

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