Toru Kikawada

Toru Kikawada
黄川田 徹
Official portrait, 2012
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 25 June 2000 – 28 September 2017
Preceded by	Yōhei Sasaki
Succeeded by	Ichirō Ozawa
Constituency	Iwate 3rd
Member of the Iwate Prefectural Assembly
In office 1995–2000
Constituency	Rikuzentakata City
Personal details
Born	(1953-10-14) 14 October 1953 Kesen, Iwate, Japan
Political party	CDP (since 2019)
Other political affiliations	NFP (1994–1998) LP (1998–2003) DPJ (2003–2016) DP (2016–2018) DPP (2018–2019)
Alma mater	Waseda University

Toru Kikawada (黄川田 徹, Kikawada Tōru, born October 14, 1953) is a former Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).

Early life

Kikiwada is native of Rikuzentakata, Iwate. He graduated from Waseda University, then worked at the city government of Rikuzentakata from 1977 to 1994.

Political career

After having served in the Iwate Prefectural Assembly for two terms from 1995, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000 as a member of Ichirō Ozawa's Liberal Party, which merged with the DPJ in 2003.

References

• 政治家情報 〜黄川田 徹〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-10-20. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)

External links

• Official website in Japanese.
• DPJ Lower House Member Loses Family, Home and Aide To Tsunami 31 March 2011 Dow Jones