Hiroya Ebina

Hiroya Ebina
蝦名 大也
Ebina in 2018
Mayor of Kushiro
In office
November 2008 – November 2024
Preceded byYoshitaka Ito
Succeeded byHidenori Tsuruma
Personal details
Born(1959-01-04)4 January 1959
Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan
Died7 January 2026(2026-01-07) (aged 67)
Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan
PartyIndependent
Alma materAoyama Gakuin University
Bachelor of Law
Websitewww.city.kushiro.lg.jp/smart/00000383.html

Hiroya Ebina (蝦名 大也, Ebina Hiroya; 4 January 1959 – 7 January 2026) was a Japanese politician. He was the mayor of Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan, from 2008 to 2024 and a member of the Hokkaido Legislative Assembly from 1999 until 2008.[1][2]

On the evening of 7 January 2026, after returning home from a meeting, he collapsed at his home in Kushiro City and was taken to a hospital, where he died of a sudden cardiac arrest the same day. He was 67.[3]

References

  1. ^ "VN opens second honorary consulate in Japan". Vietnamese Embassy in Japan. Retrieved 18 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ^ "RIETI-Kushiro Public University Symposium Achieving Community Development through Social Innovation". Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  3. ^ "北海道・前釧路市長の蝦名大也さん(67)死去 議員秘書や北海道議などを経て4期16年釧路市長 防災インフラの整備に尽力 関係者からも悼む声". TBS News Dig. 8 January 2026. Retrieved 9 January 2026.