Tomoya Hosoda
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Tomoya Hosoda | |
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| Member of Iruma, Saitama City Council | |
| In office 30 March 2017 – 29 March 2023 | |
| Assumed office 17 March 2025 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 14, 1991 |
Tomoya Hosoda (細田 智也, Hosoda Tomoya; born 14 November 1991[1]) is a Japanese politician who, on 17 March 2017, became the first transgender man politician to be elected to office when he was elected to the city council of Iruma, Saitama.[2][3] He was re-elected on March 17, 2025.[4]
He underwent gender confirmation surgery in 2015 at the age of 23.[5][6][a] After graduating from Teikyo University, he had worked as medical technologist at a hospital in Shizuoka before he was elected.[6][1]
