Shōhei Niimi

Shohei Niimi spent twelve years as a television presenter at Kansai TV, from 2012 to 2024, after graduating from Kyoto University's law faculty. Then in 2025 he won a seat in the House of Councillors. What interests me is the direction of that move. A broadcaster's job is to carry other people's words accurately; a legislator's job is to put his own words on the record and then defend them. Those are different muscles entirely. Plenty of announcers have crossed into politics, but walking away from a settled career at its midpoint still takes nerve. Born in Kyoto in 1989, he has a long runway ahead of him.

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Name (English)

Shōhei Niimi

Name (Japanese)

新実彰平

Reading

にいみ しょうへい

Born

April 10, 1989 (age 37)

Origin

Sakyō-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

announcer / politician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Snake

University

Faculty of Law, Kyoto University

• Official sitehttps://niimi-shohei.org/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/shohei.niimi/
• Xhttps://x.com/niimishohei
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shohei%20Niimi
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%B0%E5%AE%9F%E5%BD%B0%E5%B9%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11501718

Tags

• Kyoto Prefecture
• announcer
• politician

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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