Hiroshi Kamiya (politician)
Japanese politician
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Hiroshi Kamiya (神谷 裕, Kamiya Hiroshi; born 10 August 1968) is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). Kamiya represents Hokkaido through the Hokkaido PR block.
Hokkaido 10th (2024–present)
Hiroshi Kamiya | |
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神谷 裕 | |
.jpg) Kamiya in 2022 | |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 27 October 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Multi-member district |
| Constituency | Hokkaido PR (2017–2024) Hokkaido 10th (2024–present) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 August 1968 |
| Party | CRA (since 2026) |
Other political affiliations | DPJ (2014–2016) DP (2016–2017) CDP (2017–2026) |
| Alma mater | Teikyo University |
| Website | Profile |
Kamiya first ran for office in the 2014 election as the DPJ candidate for the Hokkaido 10th district, losing against the incumbent Hisashi Inatsu. He would have a rematch with Inatsu in the 2017 general election. This time, he lost by a margin of 513 votes, making Hokkaido-10th one of the most marginal seats in the country. Nonetheless, Kamiya obtained enough votes to be elected through the CDP's PR block list.[1] He won the district in 2024 after winning proportional representation again in 2021, and became one of 7 CRA candidates to survive the 2026 landslide in single member districts. Kamiya was reelected to his seat by a very narrow margin of 21 votes, making Hokkaido-10th the most marginal seat in the election.
Before running for public office, Kamiya worked as a secretary in the offices of Councillor Eri Tokunaga and Representative Tadamasa Kodaira. He also previously worked in a fisheries cooperative.[2]
