Sawako Naito

Sawako Naito is the kind of politician who makes you reconsider your assumptions about Japanese politics — she's a 1984-born woman from Tokushima who clawed her way through to Tokyo University, and that journey alone tells you she's not someone who takes the easy road. Growing up in Tokushima City, going to Tokushima Bunri for high school, then landing at one of Japan's most competitive universities takes a level of discipline that most people honestly don't have. I don't know enough about her day-to-day policy work to get specific, but there's something refreshing about a younger woman representing a regional prefecture in a political world that's still very much dominated by older men. I find myself rooting for her in that quiet, underdog-from-the-provinces kind of way.

Sawako Naito is a Japanese politician born on March 28, 1984, in Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture. She attended Tokushima Bunri Junior and Senior High School before going on to graduate from the University of Tokyo. She represents the next generation of politically active women from regional Japan, working on behalf of her home prefecture of Tokushima.

Name (English)

Sawako Naito

Name (Japanese)

内藤佐和子

Reading

ないとう さわこ

Born

March 28, 1984 (age 42)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Rat

Origin

Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Politician

Junior high

Tokushima Bunri Junior High School

High school

Tokushima Bunri Senior High School

University

University of Tokyo

• Official sitehttps://naitosawako.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/sawacom0327
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%86%85%E8%97%A4%E4%BD%90%E5%92%8C%E5%AD%90
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89525248

Tags

• From Tokushima Prefecture
• Politician

Last updated

2026-06-02

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