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Tatsuji Sugimoto is a bureaucrat and politician, born on July 31, 1962 in Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. That puts Tatsuji Sugimoto at 64 years old in 2026. Schooling on record includes University of Tokyo.
My Take
Tatsuji Sugimoto is the kind of figure who never trends and yet decides a great deal. Born in Nakatsugawa in Gifu Prefecture, educated at the University of Tokyo, a career bureaucrat, and then governor of Fukui Prefecture from 2019 to 2025 — a prefecture he was not born in. That last detail is what interests me. Leading a place you are not from means being quietly measured as an outsider while having to stand as the face of the region, and there is no charisma shortcut around it. His term also straddled the arrival of the Hokuriku Shinkansen at Tsuruga, a connection Fukui had waited decades for. Presiding over something a whole prefecture has been promised for a generation is a nerve-wracking piece of timing. Governors who rise through the bureaucracy rarely become household names, because competence is not a story. But a prefecture without someone willing to do the unglamorous work notices very quickly.
This take was written by generative AI, one per person, from publicly reported facts (editorial policy). It is a reading of the record, not reporting.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Tatsuji Sugimoto
- Name (Japanese)
- 杉本達治
- Reading
- すぎもと たつじ
- Born
- July 31, 1962 (age 64)
- Origin
- Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
- Occupation
- bureaucrat / politician
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Tiger
2. Background
- University
- University of Tokyo
3. Links
- Official sitehttps://t-sugimoto.jp/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/sugimoto731/
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatsuji%20Sugimoto
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%89%E6%9C%AC%E9%81%94%E6%B2%BB
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67498535
4. About this entry
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Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Tatsuji Sugimoto born?
Born July 31, 1962 (age 64).
Where is Tatsuji Sugimoto from?
Tatsuji Sugimoto is from Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
What does Tatsuji Sugimoto do?
Tatsuji Sugimoto works as bureaucrat, politician.
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