Shin'ichi Yokoyama

Shin'ichi Yokoyama is one of those politicians who feels genuinely rooted in where he came from — born in 1959 in Obihiro, smack in the middle of Hokkaido's vast Tokachi Plain, he went on to study at Hokkaido University before making his way into politics. There's something about people who grow up surrounded by that much open land and agricultural grit that gives them a different kind of steadiness compared to the career politicians who seem to spring fully-formed from the concrete of Tokyo. No flashy headlines, no celebrity drama, just a guy who quietly built a career, keeps an official site running, stays active on social media well into his late sixties while serving a third term in the upper house, and keeps showing up. Maybe that's exactly what a region like Hokkaido needs — not someone chasing the spotlight, but someone willing to just keep doing the work.

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Shin'ichi Yokoyama is a Japanese politician born on July 21, 1959, in Obihiro, Hokkaido. He graduated from Hokkaido University and went on to build a career in politics. He maintains an official website and is active on social media including Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).

Name (English)

Shin'ichi Yokoyama

Name (Japanese)

横山信一

Reading

よこやま しんいち

Born

July 21, 1959 (age 67)

Origin

Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan

Occupation

Politician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Boar

University

Hokkaido University

• Official sitehttps://gagome-yokoyama.jp/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/yokoyama_shinichi/
• Xhttps://x.com/gagomeyokoyama
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A8%AA%E5%B1%B1%E4%BF%A1%E4%B8%80
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11542504

Tags

• From Hokkaido
• Politician

Last updated

September 26, 2026

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