Ryotaro Tanose

Ryotaro Tanose is one of those quietly serious political figures who built a career the old-fashioned way — through Nara's conservative bedrock, a Nagoya Institute of Technology engineering pedigree, and decades of grinding constituency work that most voters barely notice until it's gone. The Order of the Rising Sun with Gold and Silver Star doesn't come cheap — the Japanese government doesn't hand that out to people who coasted. What strikes me most is how he rose from city and prefectural assemblies to become the LDP's first acting secretary-general, then stepped aside in 2012 and handed his seat to his son. That's a very particular kind of old-guard Japanese politician — the kind who believed the work spoke for itself and didn't need a brand.

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Ryotaro Tanose is a retired Japanese politician born on October 31, 1943, in Gojo, Nara Prefecture, who served six terms in the House of Representatives from 1993 to 2012 and as Senior Vice Minister of Finance. He graduated from Nagoya Institute of Technology. He was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star (Kyokujitsu Juko-sho) in recognition of his public service.

Name (English)

Ryotaro Tanose

Name (Japanese)

田野瀬良太郎

Reading

たのせ りょうたろう

Born

October 31, 1943 (age 83)

Origin

Gojo, Nara Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Politician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Goat

University

Nagoya Institute of Technology

Awards & achievements

• Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star (year unknown)

• Official sitehttp://www.tanose.com/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%B0%E9%87%8E%E7%80%AC%E8%89%AF%E5%A4%AA%E9%83%8E
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q910428

Tags

• From Nara Prefecture
• Politician

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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