Kenji Nakanishi

Kenji Nakanishi
中西 健治
Official portrait, 2016
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 November 2021
Preceded byHachiro Okonogi
ConstituencyKanagawa 3rd
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
26 July 2010 – 8 October 2021
Preceded byYōichi Kaneko
Succeeded byKeiichiro Asao
ConstituencyKanagawa at-large
Personal details
Born (1964-01-04) 4 January 1964 (age 60)
Toshima, Tokyo, Japan
Political partyLDP (since 2016)
Other political
affiliations
Independent (before 2010; 2014–2016)
Your Party (2010–2014)
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo

Kenji Nakanishi (中西健治, Nakanishi Kenji, Born January 4, 1964) is a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives.

A former executive of JP Morgan Securities Japan, he was elected to the House of Councillors in 2010 as a member of Your Party for the Kanagawa at-large district, and he later joined the Liberal Democratic Party House of Councillors parliamentary group.[1]

Business career

Nakanishi was born in Tokyo, and after graduating from the faculty of law of the University of Tokyo, in 1988 he joined JP Morgan Securities Japan and in 2006 he rose to the position of Vice President.[1]

Political career

Nakanishi ran for mayor of Yokohama in 2009 as an independent, but effectively supported by the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito.[2] He narrowly lost the election to Fumiko Hayashi, who was supported by the Democratic Party of Japan and the People's New Party. He beat Masahiko Okada of the Japanese Communist Party, who also ran.[3]

In 2010 he ran[4] and was elected to the House of Councillors as a member of Your Party for the Kanagawa at-large district, defeating Keiko Chiba, who was then the Justice Minister in the DPJ government of Naoto Kan.[5] In 2011 it was reported that he was the third-wealthiest member of the upper house, with assets of ¥258.7 million.[6] He became policy chief for Your Party.[7] Your Party was dissolved in November 2014,[8] and Nakanishi joined the Liberal Democratic Party upper house parliamentary group. In the 2016 regular election, he was re-elected from Kanagawa as an independent with LDP endorsement with the fourth-most votes behind candidates from LDP, DP and Kōmeitō,[9] and – Kanagawa's fourth seat was the last prefectural district seat countrywide to be called on election night – received retroactive nomination (tsuika kōnin) from the LDP, in effect giving the party two seats from Kanagawa in one election for the first time.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ a b Mr NAKANISHI Kenji : House of Councillors September 29, 2014 Archived June 11, 2017, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved June 1, 2016
  2. ^ 3 file for candidacy in Yokohama mayoral election August 17, 2009 Japan Times Retrieved June 1, 2016
  3. ^ Hayashi triumphant in close Yokohama mayoral campaign September 1, 2009 Japan Times Retrieved June 1, 2016
  4. ^ Hyuga, Takahiko Japan Investment Bankers Favor Watanabe’s Your Party Bloomberg Businessweek Retrieved June 1, 2016
  5. ^ Ruling bloc loses Upper House majority July 12, 2010 Japan Times Retrieved June 1, 2016
  6. ^ Your Party man richest Upper House winner Jan 5, 2011 Japan Times Retrieved June 1, 2016
  7. ^ U.S. experts back Abe on SDF role May 21, 2014 Japan Times Retrieved June 1, 2016
  8. ^ Two Your Party lawmakers apply to join DPJ November 20, 2016 Japan Times Retrieved June 2, 2016
  9. ^ 中西健治 【選挙区】神奈川県 Yomiuri Shimbun Retrieved July 29, 2016 (in Japanese)
  10. ^ nikkei.com, July 11, 2016: 自民、中西氏を追加公認　神奈川選挙区
  11. ^ Mainichi Shimbun, July 11, 2016: http://mainichi.jp/senkyo/articles/20160711/k00/00m/010/262000c 神奈川で初、自民２議席]
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