Hideyuki Yokoyama
Hideyuki Yokoyama | |
|---|---|
横山 英幸 | |
Hideyuki in 2023 | |
| Mayor of Osaka | |
| Assumed office 9 April 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Ichirō Matsui |
| Member of Osaka Prefectural Assembly | |
| In office 30 April 2011 – 26 March 2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 May 1981 Mitoyo, Kagawa, Japan |
| Party | Nippon Ishin no Kai (national) Osaka Restoration Association (local) |
| Alma mater | Kwansei Gakuin University |
Hideyuki Yokoyama (横山 英幸, Yokoyama Hideyuki; born 13 May 1981) is a Japanese economist and politician who has served as the incumbent mayor of Osaka since 9 April 2023. He graduated from Kwansei Gakuin University with a degree in economics in 2004 and immediately began a career under the Osaka prefectural government. He was elected to the Osaka Prefectural Assembly in April 2011 and won a further two terms in April 2015 and April 2019.[1] He was elected as Osaka Restoration Association / Nippon Ishin No Kai candidate for mayor of Osaka in the April 2023 Osaka mayoral election following the previous incumbent, Ichirō Matsui's retirement from politics following the defeat of the Osaka Metropolis Plan in a 2020 referendum.[2][3] He was reelected in 2026.[4]
References
- ^ "Profile of the Mayor". Osaka City. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
- ^ Johnston, Eric (April 9, 2023). "Nippon Ishin candidates win big in Kansai region local elections". The Japan Times. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
- ^ Johnston, Eric (November 2, 2020). "Osaka referendum defeat raises questions about future of city's politics". The Japan Times. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
- ^ "JIP's Yoshimura, Yokoyama reelected in Osaka gubernatorial, mayoral race". Kyodo News. 9 February 2026. Retrieved 10 February 2026.