Hidemichi Satō

Hidemichi Satō
佐藤 英道
Official portrait, 2021
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
17 December 2012
Preceded byMulti-member district
ConstituencyHokkaido PR
Member of the Hokkaido Legislative Assembly
In office
April 1995 – 16 November 2012
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byMulti-member district
ConstituencyKita ward, Sapporo
Personal details
Born (1960-09-26) 26 September 1960
Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
PartyCRA
Other political
affiliations
Komeito (until 2026)
Alma materSōka University
WebsiteHidemichi Satō website

Hidemichi Satō (佐藤 英道, Satō Hidemichi; born 26 September 1960) is a Japanese politician of the Centrist Reform Alliance, who serves as a member of the House of Representatives.[1]

Early years

On 26 September 1960, Satō was born in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture. After graduating from Sōka University's Faculty of Economics and graduate school of Economics, he entered Komei Shimbun.[2]

Political career

In 1995, Satō ran for the Hokkaido Legislative Assembly and won.[2]

On 16 November 2012, Satō resigned from the Hokkaido Legislative Assembly to run in the general election. In the 2012 general election, he run in the Hokkaido PR block and won a seat.[3]

In September 2014, he was appointed to the Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the Second Abe reshuffled cabinet.[4]

In the 2014 general election, he won a seat in the PR.[5] After the election, he was re-appointed to the Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the Third Abe cabinet.[6]

In October 2015, he was also re-appointed to the Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the Third Abe first reshuffled cabinet.[7]

In the 2017 general election, he won a seat in the PR.[8]

In the 2021 general election, he won a seat in the PR.[9] After the election, he was appointed to the State Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare and State Minister of Cabinet Office in the Second Kishida cabinet.[10]

In the 2024 general election, he won a seat in the PR.[11]

On 9 September 2025, Satō held a press conference in Sapporo and announced his candidacy for the Hokkaido 4th district in the next general election. Following this, Hiroyuki Nakamura, a LDP member of the House of Representatives who had been active in the Hokkaido 4th, would move to the Hokkaido PR block. Previously, the LDP and Komeito had maintained an electoral cooperation agreement in Hokkaido 10th district, where Komeito's Hisashi Inatsu had been the candidate. However, that agreement was scrapped after Inatsu lost his seat to the CDP's Hiroshi Kamiya.[12]

Because Komeito eventually dissolved its coalition with the LDP, Satō announced on October 28 that he would abandon his candidacy for the Hokkaido 4th, citing he would not get the support from the LDP.[13][14][15]

In January 2026, he joined the Centrist Reform Alliance, a new party established by the CDP and Komeito. In the 2026 general election, he won a seat in the PR.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "Hidemichi Satō". CRA (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  2. 1 2 "国会議員情報：佐藤英道". Jiji Press (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  3. ↑ "比例区開票速報：北海道ブロック". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 16 December 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "第2次安倍内閣 改造内閣 大臣政務官名簿". PM office of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "比例区開票速報：北海道ブロック". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 14 December 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "第3次安倍内閣 大臣政務官名簿". PM office of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "第3次安倍内閣 改造内閣 大臣政務官名簿". PM office of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "比例区開票速報：北海道ブロック". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 22 October 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "衆院選 北海道ブロック 開票速報". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 31 October 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  10. ↑ "The second KISHIDA Cabinet List of State Ministers". PM office of Japan. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  11. ↑ "比例代表 北海道 (定数8) 衆院選2024 開票速報". The Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). 27 October 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  12. ↑ "公明の佐藤英道氏が衆院北海道4区から出馬表明　比例で当選5回　自民が支援へ". Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). 9 September 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  13. ↑ "公明党、北海道4区の出馬撤回　衆院選「苦渋の決断」". The Nikkei (in Japanese). 28 October 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  14. ↑ "公明、北海道4区の立候補取り下げ　自民と連立解消「対立避けたい」". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 28 October 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  15. ↑ "公明・佐藤幹事長代理、衆院北海道４区からの出馬見送り表明…自民との選挙協力が白紙で「苦渋の決断」". The Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). 28 October 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  16. ↑ "比例代表 北海道(定数 8)【衆議院選挙】開票速報・結果". The Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). 8 February 2026. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
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