Anthony Bianchi
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United States (formerly)
JapanAnthony Bianchi | |
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ビアンキ・アンソニー | |
| Born | August 26, 1958 |
| Citizenship | United States (formerly) Japan |
| Education | Xaverian High School |
| Alma mater | New York University |
| Organization | Inuyama City Council |
| Term | Chairman 2003-2006 Member 2003-2023 |
| Spouse | Keiko Bianchi[1] |
Anthony Bianchi (Japanese: ビアンキ・アンソニー, romanized: Bianki Ansonī, born August 26, 1958) is a Japanese politician, who was an American citizen of Italian descent and became a naturalized Japanese citizen in 2002.[2] He is a city councillor of Inuyama, Aichi, and the chairman of Inuyama City council from 2017 to 2019.[3][4] He is the first naturalized Japanese to serve as a city council top in Japan.[5]
Bianchi was born on August 26, 1958, in Brooklyn, New York.[6] He graduated from Xaverian High School in June 1976. After graduating from New York University in June 1980,[7] he became a member of Embassy Communications.[8]
By the finale of the sitcom The Jeffersons, he left Embassy Communications.[9] Then he worked in the government of New York City. In 1989, he went to Aichi Prefecture, Japan as an Assistant Language Teacher under the JET Program.[10][11][2] From April 1996, he worked in the Municipal Board of Education of Inuyama, Aichi. He married a Japanese woman in 2000.[12]
