Shin Tsuchida

Shin Tsuchida was born on 30 October 1990 in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, studied at Kyoto University, and has represented Tokyo's 13th district in the House of Representatives for the Liberal Democratic Party since 2021. The detail that makes him worth noting internationally is a generational one: together with Yuki Baba, he was among the first members of Japan's National Diet born in the Heisei era. Japan measures time in imperial eras, and that gives political generations unusually sharp edges. For decades the Diet was staffed entirely by people born under Shōwa; Tsuchida's election marked the moment the next era finally arrived in the chamber. It is an accident of a birth date, but it is also a real marker. I'd be cautious about drawing conclusions beyond that. He is now in his third term and has already served as parliamentary vice-minister for finance and for digital affairs. What is certain is that the "first of his generation" label will follow him permanently, and what he does with that framing is the part still to be written.

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Name (English)

Shin Tsuchida

Name (Japanese)

土田慎

Reading

つちだ しん

Born

October 30, 1990 (age 35)

Origin

Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

member of the House of Representatives of Japan

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Horse

University

Kyoto University

• Official sitehttps://www.tsuchida-shin.jp/
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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin%20Tsuchida
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9C%9F%E7%94%B0%E6%85%8E
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109345880

Tags

• Kanagawa Prefecture
• member of the House of Representatives of Japan

Last updated

September 25, 2026

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