Kanako Otsuji

Politician

1974 –

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Who is Kanako Otsuji?

Kanako Otsuji is a Japanese LGBT rights activist and former member of the House of Councilors of the National Diet of Japan. She was also a member of the Osaka Prefectural Assembly. One of only seven women in the 110-member Osaka Assembly, Otsuji represented the Sakai-ku, Sakai City constituency. In May 2013, after her party member of the House resigned, Otsuji became the nation's first openly homosexual member of the Diet, but her term in office expired in July.

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Born
Dec 16, 1974
Nara Prefecture
Nationality
  • Japan
Profession
Education
  • Doshisha University
Lived in
  • Kobe

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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