Yasushi Katsume

Honestly, the Tokyo University Law Faculty to graduate school pipeline is about as elite as it gets in Japan, and Yasushi Katsume walked that whole road — which makes the leap into actual elected office feel less like a career pivot and more like a logical next move. Born in Kyoto's Kamigyo ward in 1974, there's something fitting about a guy who grew up surrounded by old-city gravitas ending up in the House of Representatives. He's not the flashy type; no celebrity agency, no wild social media presence, just a website and a quiet Instagram. I find that kind of low-ego, head-down seriousness oddly refreshing in a political landscape full of noise.

Yasushi Katsume is a Japanese politician born on May 17, 1974, in Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto. He studied at the Graduate School of Law and Politics (Faculty of Law) at the University of Tokyo. He serves as a member of the House of Representatives of Japan.

Name (English)

Yasushi Katsume

Name (Japanese)

勝目康

Reading

かつめ やすし

Born

May 17, 1974 (age 52)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Tiger

Origin

Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto, Japan

Occupation

Member of the House of Representatives (Japan)

University

Graduate School of Law and Politics (Faculty of Law), University of Tokyo

• Official sitehttps://www.katsumeyasushi.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/katsume_yasushi/
• Xhttps://x.com/KatsumeYasushi
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8B%9D%E7%9B%AE%E5%BA%B7
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109349061

Tags

• From Kyoto Prefecture
• Member of the House of Representatives

Last updated

2026-06-02

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