Takashi Tachibana

Takashi Tachibana went from NHK accountant to whistleblower to founder of a party built on a single grievance: the broadcaster's licence fee. From Izumiotsu in Osaka, he won seats in the Funabashi and Katsushika assemblies before taking an upper house seat in 2019. A divisive man, and no, I am not a supporter. But he reads attention like few can.

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Name (English)

Takashi Tachibana

Name (Japanese)

立花孝志

Reading

たちばな たかし

Born

August 15, 1967 (age 59)

Origin

Izumiotsu, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

journalist / activist / whistleblower / politician / YouTuber

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Goat

High school

Shinoda High School

• Official sitehttps://www.tachibanat.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/tachibana__takashi/
• Xhttps://x.com/tachibanat
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takashi%20Tachibana
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AB%8B%E8%8A%B1%E5%AD%9D%E5%BF%97
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17198778

Tags

• Osaka Prefecture
• journalist
• activist
• whistleblower

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.