Taku Ishii

Taku Ishii
石井 拓
Official portrait, 2021
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 February 2026
Preceded byKensuke Onishi
ConstituencyAichi 13th
In office
5 November 2021 – 9 October 2024
ConstituencyTōkai PR
Member of the Aichi Prefectural Assembly
In office
30 April 2015 – 12 July 2021
ConstituencyHekinan City
Member of the Hekinan City Council
In office
5 May 2008 – February 2015
Personal details
Born (1965-04-11) 11 April 1965
Hekinan, Aichi, Japan
PartyLiberal Democratic
Alma materRitsumeikan University
Website141taku.com

Taku Ishii (石井 拓, Ishii Taku; born 11 April 1965) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party who has served as a member of the House of Representatives for Aichi 13th district since 2026. He previously served in the House of Representatives from 2021 to 2024 through the Tōkai proportional representation block, and before entering national politics he served as a member of the Aichi Prefectural Assembly and the Hekinan City Council.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

Ishii was born in Hekinan, Aichi Prefecture, on 11 April 1965.[4] He attended Washizuka Elementary School and Higashi Junior High School in Hekinan, then graduated from Nishio High School in 1984 and from the Faculty of Law of Ritsumeikan University in 1988.[5]

After university, Ishii joined Meinan Management Center (now the tax-accounting firm Meinan Management) in 1988. In 1999 he founded Venture Ishii Consulting.[6][7]

Political career

Ishii entered elected office in 2008, when he was elected to the Hekinan City Council. He served two consecutive terms as a city councillor from April 2008 until February 2015.[8]

In April 2015, he was elected to the Aichi Prefectural Assembly from the Hekinan City constituency. He won the 2015 election and was re-elected in 2019 with 13,312 votes.[9][10] He also became chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party's Hekinan branch in 2015 and chairman of the party's Aichi 13th district branch in 2020.[11]

At the 2021 Japanese general election, Ishii was first elected to the House of Representatives. He won his seat in 2021 through the Tōkai proportional representation block.[12][13]

In September 2023, Ishii was appointed Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and concurrently Parliamentary Vice-Minister in the Cabinet Office in charge of the international exposition. The Prime Minister's Office profile records that he continued in those posts under the second reshuffled Second Kishida Cabinet and the Ishiba Cabinet.[14]

Ishii returned to the House of Representatives at the 2026 Japanese general election, when he won Aichi 13th district and secured his second term.[15][16]

Personal life

Ishii is from and lives in Hekinan. He is married and has a pet dog.[17]

His hobbies are judo, in which he holds a fourth dan rank, and research into local history. His political motto is given as “Think Globally, Act Locally.”[18]

References

  1. ↑ "プロフィール". 衆議院議員 石井たく オフィシャルホームページ (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "衆議院議員 石井 拓（いしい たく）". 自由民主党 (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "会派別議員一覧（自由民主党・無所属の会）". 衆議院 (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  4. ↑ "プロフィール". 衆議院議員 石井たく オフィシャルホームページ (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "プロフィール". 衆議院議員 石井たく オフィシャルホームページ (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  6. ↑ "プロフィール". 衆議院議員 石井たく オフィシャルホームページ (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  7. ↑ "経済産業大臣政務官　石井　拓 (いしい　たく)". 首相官邸 (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  8. ↑ "プロフィール". 衆議院議員 石井たく オフィシャルホームページ (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  9. ↑ "平成27年4月12日執行 愛知県議会議員一般選挙 開票結果" (PDF). 愛知県 (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  10. ↑ "第18回愛知県議会議員一般選挙 開票結果". 碧南市 (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  11. ↑ "プロフィール". 衆議院議員 石井たく オフィシャルホームページ (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  12. ↑ "経済産業大臣政務官　石井　拓 (いしい　たく)". 首相官邸 (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  13. ↑ "プロフィール". 衆議院議員 石井たく オフィシャルホームページ (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  14. ↑ "経済産業大臣政務官　石井　拓 (いしい　たく)". 首相官邸 (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  15. ↑ "【衆議院選挙】愛知13区 石井拓氏（自民）に当選確実". CBC News (in Japanese). 8 February 2026. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  16. ↑ "会派別議員一覧（自由民主党・無所属の会）". 衆議院 (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  17. ↑ "プロフィール". 衆議院議員 石井たく オフィシャルホームページ (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  18. ↑ "プロフィール". 衆議院議員 石井たく オフィシャルホームページ (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 April 2026.
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