Hirotaka Ishihara

Hirotaka Ishihara
Hirotaka Ishihara
石原宏高
	Ishihara in 2023
Minister of the Environment
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 21 October 2025
Prime Minister	Sanae Takaichi
Preceded by	Keiichiro Asao
Member of the House of Representatives
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 18 December 2012
Preceded by	Jin Matsubara
Constituency	Tokyo 3rd (2012–2021); Tokyo PR (2021–2024); Tokyo 3rd (2024–present)
	In office; 11 September 2005 – 21 July 2009
Preceded by	Jin Matsubara
Succeeded by	Jin Matsubara
Constituency	Tokyo 3rd
Personal details
Born	19 June 1964 (age 62); Zushi, Kanagawa, Japan
Party	Liberal Democratic
Parent	Shintaro Ishihara (father);
Relatives	Nobuteru Ishihara (brother); Yoshizumi Ishihara (brother); Nobuhiro Ishihara [ja] (brother)
Education	Keio University
Website	衆議院議員石原ひろたか

Hirotaka Ishihara (石原宏高, Ishihara Hirotaka; born 19 June 1964) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). He has been Minister of the Environment within Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's cabinet since 2025. A native of Kanagawa Prefecture and graduate of Keio University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005 after an unsuccessful run in 2003.^[1] He is the son of Shintaro Ishihara, former governor of Tokyo, and like his father affiliated to the revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi.^[2]^[3]