Takashi Nagayasu

Takashi Nagayasu is one of those guys who makes you do a double-take — an Osaka kid who fought his way into Tokyo University and then straight into the brutal grind of Japanese national politics. What I find quietly compelling about him is that tension between the blunt, unpretentious energy Osaka is famous for and the rigorous analytical training you get at Japan's most elite university. Those two things don't always play nice, but when they do, you get someone who can actually read a room AND read a budget. He lost his seat in 2012 and again in 2014 but kept running under a string of party banners, which in an era of performative politicians feels almost old-fashioned. Whether that's discipline or just old-school discretion, I respect it.

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Takashi Nagayasu is a Japanese politician born on September 5, 1968, in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture. A University of Tokyo engineering graduate who worked for Mitsui & Co., he represented Osaka's 19th district in the House of Representatives for three terms from 2003 to 2012 and served as senior vice minister of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism in 2012.

Name (English)

Takashi Nagayasu

Name (Japanese)

長安豊

Reading

ながやす たかし

Born

September 5, 1968 (age 58)

Origin

Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Politician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Monkey

University

University of Tokyo

• Official sitehttps://www.nagayasu.ne.jp/
• Xhttps://x.com/nagayasu2
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%95%B7%E5%AE%89%E8%B1%8A
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7677354

Tags

• From Osaka Prefecture
• Politician

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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