Tetsuro Fukuyama

Tetsuro Fukuyama's map is crooked in a way I find interesting: born in Tokyo in 1962, educated at Kyoto University, and then a political base built in Kyoto itself. Winning and holding a seat in that city as someone from elsewhere is harder than a resume makes it sound, because Kyoto hands newcomers nothing. He spent years in the House of Councillors, and when the Constitutional Democratic Party was founded he took the secretary-general's job, which is the person who assembles the plumbing rather than the one on the poster. In the Diet he is a detailed, persistent questioner, a style people either respect or find exhausting. Political verdicts flip depending on where you stand, so I will say only this: parties do not run without someone willing to do the unglamorous half.

Name (English)

Tetsuro Fukuyama

Name (Japanese)

福山哲郎

Born

January 19, 1962 (age 64)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Tiger

Origin

Tokyo, Japan

Occupation

politician

University

Kyoto University

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.fukuyama.gr.jp/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/fukuyamatetsuro/
• Xhttps://x.com/fuku_tetsu
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A6%8F%E5%B1%B1%E5%93%B2%E9%83%8E

Tags

• Tokyo
• politician

Last updated

2026-07-27

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