Team Mirai

Team Mirai
チームみらい
LeaderTakahiro Anno
Secretary-GeneralSatoshi Takayama
FounderTakahiro Anno
Founded8 May 2025[1]
HeadquartersSNUG MINAMI-AZABU 303, 2-8-21 Minami-Azabu, Minato, Tokyo[2]
Membership (February 2026)2,600[3]
Ideology
Slogan未来は明るいと信じられる国へ[4]
Mirai wa akarui to shinjirareru kuni e
('Toward a country where we can believe the future is bright')
Councillors
1 / 248
Representatives
11 / 465
Prefectural assembly members
0 / 2,675
City and town assembly members
0 / 30,490
Website
team-mir.ai

Team Mirai (Japanese: チームみらい; lit. 'Team Future') is a political party in Japan founded by AI engineer Takahiro Anno.[5] The party supports E-democracy[4] and has been described as technocratic.[5] The party was established on 8 May 2025, evolving from "Team Anno," which supported his candidacy in the 2024 Tokyo gubernatorial election.[6] The party advocates for "Digital Democracy" and aims to implement technology to ensure "no one is left behind."[4]

In the 2025 Japanese House of Councillors election, the party won its first seat in the Diet. In the subsequent 2026 Japanese general election, it made significant gains, securing 11 seats in the House of Representatives.[7]

History

Origins: 2024 Tokyo Gubernatorial Election

The party traces its roots to "Team Anno," a group of volunteers and engineers who gathered around Takahiro Anno during his independent bid for the 2024 Tokyo gubernatorial election. Anno announced his candidacy on June 6, 2024.[8] Although he finished fifth with 154,638 votes—the highest number ever for a candidate in their 30s—his campaign attracted significant attention for its use of AI and digital strategies.[9]

Formation and 2025 Upper House election

On May 8, 2025, Anno officially established Team Mirai as a political party.[6] In the 2025 Japanese House of Councillors election held in July, the party received 1,517,890 votes (2.6%) in the national proportional representation block. This result secured one seat for Anno and met the legal requirements to be recognized as a national political party under the Political Party Subsidies Act.[10]

Following the election, Anno became a member of the House of Councillors on July 29, 2025.[11] The party established the "Nagata-cho Engineer Team" using party subsidies to develop software for political transparency.[12]

In legislative affairs, the party adopted a "case-by-case" (zezehihi) approach. In October 2025, Anno and Masaaki Taira (LDP) launched a non-partisan study group on AI and Democracy, featuring Audrey Tang as a guest.[13] In December 2025, Team Mirai voted in favor of the supplementary budget proposal alongside the ruling coalition (LDP and Komeito), as well as the Democratic Party for the People (DPP) and Japan Innovation Party, after reaching a policy agreement with the LDP regarding digital transformation (DX) promotion.[14]

2026 general election

In the 2026 Japanese general election held on 8 February 2026, Team Mirai fielded 15 candidates across 8 proportional representation blocks. The party campaigned on a goal of winning 5 seats but exceeded expectations by winning 11 seats, receiving over 3.8 million proportional votes nationwide.[7] Notable elected members included former MP Noboru Usami, who returned to the Diet for the first time in 21 years via the Tokyo PR block.

However, the election was not without controversy. During the campaign period on 3 February, it was revealed that the top candidate on the Kinki PR block list had previously served as a sales manager for "alt Inc.", an AI company whose executives had been arrested for accounting fraud. The party stated it had not been informed of this history. The candidate's nomination was cancelled, and they were removed from the list on 5 February.[15][16]

Consequently, although the party won enough votes for two seats in the Kinki block, it lost those seats to other parties, the Centrist Reform Alliance and Japan Innovation Party. This occurred because the remaining candidates on the list, who were dual-listed in single-member districts, failed to secure the required 10% of the vote to be eligible for proportional reinstatement (sekihairitsu), leaving the list with no eligible candidates to take the seats.[17]

Policies and digital initiatives

Team Mirai advocates for "Digital Democracy" and draws inspiration from the "Plurality" concepts proposed by Audrey Tang and Glen Weyl.[4] A core component of their platform is the "Nagata-cho Engineer Team" (永田町エンジニアチーム), a group funded by political party subsidies to develop software that enhances political transparency and efficiency.[18]

Key projects include:

  • Mirai Marumie Political Funds (みらいまる見え政治資金): An open-source tool launched in October 2025 that visualizes political funding flows using Sankey diagrams. It connects with bank accounts and credit cards to provide near real-time transparency.[19]
  • Mirai Diet (みらい議会): A web service launched in October 2025 that visualizes Diet deliberations. It uses AI to translate complex bill language into plain Japanese and displays the status of bills.[20]
  • AI Fact Checker: An open-source system developed by the party to verify claims on social media. It has also been adopted by Komeito for their own counter-misinformation measures.[21]

Leaders

Position Name
Leader Takahiro Anno
Secretary General Satoshi Takayama

List of leaders

No. Leader
(birth–death) 		Constituency Took office Left office Election results Prime Minister (term)
1 Takahiro Anno
(b. 1990) 		National PR 8 May 2025 Incumbent N/A Ishiba 2024–25
Takaichi 2025–present

Election results

House of Representatives

Election Leader Constituency Party list Seats Position Status
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Total +/-
2026 Takahiro Anno 156,853 0.28%
0 / 289
 3,813,749 6.66%
11 / 176
11 / 465
 New 6th Opposition

House of Councillors

Election Leader Constituency Party list Seats Position Status
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Election +/- Total +/-
2025 Takahiro Anno 956,674 1.62
0 / 75
 1,517,890 2.6
1 / 50
1 / 125
 New
1 / 248
 New 11th Opposition

References

  1. ^ Takahiro Anno (2025-07-19). "本日夜19時〜、マイク納めを行います (We will hold the final stump speech tonight at 7 PM)". www.facebook.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-08-13.
  2. ^ "特定商取引法に基づく表記 (Notation based on the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions)". Team Mirai (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-07-21.
  3. ^ Hernández, Javier C.; Notoya, Kiuko (22 February 2026). "The A.I. Evangelists on a Mission to Shake Up Japan". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 February 2026.
  4. ^ a b c d e f チームみらい マニフェストver.1.0 [Team Mirai Manifesto ver 1.0]. policy.team-mir.ai (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-07-23.
  5. ^ a b c Semans, Himari. "After Tokyo election bid, AI engineer Takahiro Anno to run in Upper House race". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
  6. ^ a b Takahiro Anno (2025-05-08). "新党『チームみらい』結党に関する記者会見の全文書き起こし (Full transcript of the press conference regarding the formation of the new party "Team Mirai")". note (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  7. ^ a b "みらい初の衆院選 比例で11議席を獲得　参政も躍進　れいわは大きく減少 (Mirai wins 11 seats in first Lower House election; Sanseito also advances, Reiwa declines significantly)". Mētele (in Japanese). 2026-02-09. Retrieved 2026-02-09.
  8. ^ "安野たかひろ氏が東京都知事選に出馬へ 記者会見 生中継 (Takahiro Anno to run for Tokyo Governor: Press Conference Live)". Niconico Live (in Japanese). 2024-06-06. Retrieved 2025-08-18.
  9. ^ Takahiro Anno (2024-07-16). "なぜ無名のエンジニアは都知事選で15万票獲得できたのか (Why an unknown engineer was able to get 150,000 votes in the gubernatorial election)". note (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-07-21.
  10. ^ "「チームみらい」政党要件満たす 党首の安野貴博氏、全国比例で初当選 ("Team Mirai" meets party requirements; Leader Takahiro Anno wins first seat in national PR)". Nihon Keizai Shimbun (in Japanese). 2025-07-21. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  11. ^ "参院比例に当選証書交付 中央選管、任期29日から (Certificate of election delivered for Upper House PR; Term starts from the 29th)". Kobe Shimbun NEXT (in Japanese). 2025-07-25. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  12. ^ "チームみらい、選挙後の初会見　「永田町エンジニアチーム」発足へ (Team Mirai holds first post-election press conference; "Nagata-cho Engineer Team" to be launched)". Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). 2025-09-19. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  13. ^ "チームみらい安野氏やデジタル相が超党派勉強会　国会デジタル化協議 (Team Mirai's Anno and Digital Minister hold non-partisan study group to discuss Diet digitalization)". Nihon Keizai Shimbun (in Japanese). 2025-10-15. Retrieved 2025-10-15.
  14. ^ "安野貴博党首のチームみらい、補正予算「賛成」前に自民と政策合意、DX推進で (Leader Anno's Team Mirai agrees on policy with LDP regarding DX promotion before voting "yes" on supplementary budget)". Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). 2025-12-18. Retrieved 2025-12-18.
  15. ^ "チームみらいが比例代表1人取り消し　近畿、粉飾企業に雇用歴 (Team Mirai cancels one PR candidate in Kinki; Employment history at fraudulent company)" (in Japanese). Nihon Keizai Shimbun. Retrieved 2026-02-05.
  16. ^ "公認候補者の辞退受理について (Regarding acceptance of candidate resignation)". note (in Japanese). 2026-02-04. Retrieved 2026-02-06.
  17. ^ "衆院選比例 自民とみらいが名簿の候補者足りず 議席は他党に (Lower House PR: LDP and Mirai run out of list candidates; Seats go to other parties)". Mētele (in Japanese). 2026-02-09. Retrieved 2026-02-09.
  18. ^ "チームみらい・安野貴博氏は国会でまず何をやる？ (What will Team Mirai's Takahiro Anno do first in the Diet?)". Tokyo Shimbun (in Japanese). 2025-07-25. Retrieved 2025-07-25.
  19. ^ "チームみらい、政治資金収支の可視化ツールを発表 (Team Mirai announces political funds visualization tool)". Nihon Keizai Shimbun (in Japanese). 2025-10-02. Retrieved 2025-10-02.
  20. ^ "国会の法案を"見える化"するサイト、チームみらいが公開 (Team Mirai releases site to "visualize" Diet bills)". ITmedia NEWS (in Japanese). 2025-10-16. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
  21. ^ "政党が悩むSNSのデマ対策…公明は「AIファクトチェッカー」導入 (Parties struggle with SNS misinformation measures... Komeito introduces "AI Fact Checker")". Tokyo Shimbun (in Japanese). 2025-06-10. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
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