Norihiko Akagi

Norihiko Akagi is the kind of politician who makes you think twice about the word "career." Born in 1959 in Akeno, a quiet farming town in Ibaraki, he made it all the way through Tokyo University — that's not a small thing when you picture the rice paddies he came from. As an Aries born in the Year of the Boar, he's essentially double-stamped for stubbornness, and in Japanese politics, that's arguably a survival skill. I don't know enough about his day-to-day record to tell you whether he's a hero or just another suit, but there's something I instinctively respect about a guy who starts from rural ground and grinds his way into the Diet without the flashy showmanship of the media-darling crowd. Quietly tenacious is how I'd read him.

Norihiko Akagi is a Japanese politician born on April 18, 1959, in Akeno, Ibaraki Prefecture. He attended Tokyo Gakugei University Senior High School before going on to graduate from the University of Tokyo. He maintains an official website at akaginorihiko.com.

Name (English)

Norihiko Akagi

Name (Japanese)

赤城徳彦

Reading

あかぎ のりひこ

Born

April 18, 1959 (age 67)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Boar (I)

Origin

Akeno, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Politician

High school

Tokyo Gakugei University Senior High School

University

University of Tokyo

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.akaginorihiko.com/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B5%A4%E5%9F%8E%E5%BE%B3%E5%BD%A6

Tags

• From Ibaraki Prefecture
• Politician

Last updated

2026-06-02

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