Takeharu Yamanaka
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Takeharu Yamanaka | |
|---|---|
山中 竹春 | |
.jpg) Yamanaka in 2024 | |
| Mayor of Yokohama | |
| Assumed office 30 August 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Fumiko Hayashi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 27, 1972 Chichibu, Saitama, Japan |
| Party | Independent |
| Alma mater | Waseda University (Ph.D.) |
| Occupation | Data scientist, Professor at Yokohama City University School of Medicine |
| Website | Takeharu Yamanaka OFFICIAL WEB SITE |
Takeharu Yamanaka (山中 竹春, Yamanaka Takeharu; born 27 September 1972) is a Japanese politician and current mayor of Yokohama, the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture. He defeated incumbent mayor Fumiko Hayashi in the 2021 Yokohama mayoral election.[1] His independent campaign was supported by the Constitutional Democratic Party, Social Democratic Party, and the Communist Party of Japan.[2] Yamanaka's campaign focused on the opposition for a planned integrated resort development and casino for the city which was to be built on Yamashita Pier, criticism against the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and additional sister city relationship with San Francisco, California.[3][4][5]
Yamanaka formerly worked as a professor at Yokohama City University and as a data scientist.[6][7]
On 16 January 2026, Yamanaka issued a public apology after Yokohama's human resource chief, Jun Kubota, accused Yamanaka of using terms such as "idiot" and "human scum" to disparage staff.[8]
