Tamayo Marukawa

Tamayo Marukawa
丸川 珠代
Official portrait, 2018
Minister of State for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games
In office
18 February 2021 – 4 October 2021
Prime MinisterYoshihide Suga
Preceded bySeiko Hashimoto
Succeeded byNoriko Horiuchi
In office
3 August 2016 – 3 August 2017
Prime MinisterShinzo Abe
Preceded byToshiaki Endo
Succeeded byShun'ichi Suzuki
Minister of the Environment and for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness
In office
7 October 2015 – 3 August 2016
Prime MinisterShinzo Abe
Preceded byYoshio Mochizuki
Succeeded byKoichi Yamamoto
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
29 July 2007 – 15 October 2024
Preceded byYasuo Ogata
ConstituencyTokyo at-large
Personal details
Born (1971-01-19) 19 January 1971 (age 53)
Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party
Spouse
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(m. 2008)​
Children1
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo
OccupationPolitician
TV announcer

Tamayo Marukawa (丸川 珠代, Marukawa Tamayo, born 19 January 1971) is a Japanese politician and former announcer of TV Asahi, who served as a member of the House of Councillors from 2007 to 2024. She is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. She served as the head of the Women's Affairs Office of the LDP in October 2009.

She graduated from the University of Tokyo with the Bachelor of Economics degree in 1993.[1]

The 2007 House of Councillors election marked her entry into politics. The documentary film "Pictures at an Election" covers some of her campaign.[2]

She is married to Taku Otsuka (a member of the House of Representatives). Their wedding ceremony was held in Meiji Shrine on 16 June 2008.[3] They have one child.[4]

Marukawa has served twice as Minister of State for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. She first served in the role under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe from August 2016 until August 2017. She was named to the post a second time by Yoshihide Suga on 18 February 2021 to replace fellow LDP lawmaker and former Olympian Seiko Hashimoto, who had resigned from her Cabinet post in order to take over as President of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee.[5]

Marukawa stood as the LDP candidate for the Tokyo 7th district in the October 2024 House of Representatives election, intending to switch houses. She thus automatically lost her seat in the House of Councillors when the election was announced.[6] Marukawa was defeated in the election.[7]

She was affiliated with the nationalist organisation Nippon Kaigi.[8]

References

  1. ^ Official profile Retrieved 2 May 2011. (in Japanese)
  2. ^ Documentary film (22 February 2021). ""Pictures at an Election"". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021.
  3. ^ 丸川珠代「ＫＹ婚」に小泉“下ネタ”ジョークも 会期中、宮城内陸地震直後なのに…. ZAKZAK 芸能ニュース (in Japanese). ZAKZAK. 17 June 2008. Archived from the original on 20 September 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  4. ^ 丸川珠代議員が第1子の男児出産. 日刊スポーツ (in Japanese). 27 June 2012. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  5. ^ "Female ex-Olympic athlete Hashimoto takes over as Tokyo Games chief". english.kyodonews.net. Kyodo News. 18 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  6. ^ "参院議員７人、自動失職 衆院選くら替え出馬で【２４衆院選】". Jiji.com (in Japanese). Jiji Press. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  7. ^ "衆議院選挙 自民 丸川珠代元五輪相 落選 東京7区". NHK (in Japanese). Tokyo. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  8. ^ "自民・丸川珠代氏「日本会議」議連の役員に". 日本共産党 東京都委員会 (in Japanese). 9 July 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
House of Councillors
Preceded by Councillor for Tokyo At-large district
2007–2024
Served alongside: Masako Ōkawara, Natsuo Yamaguchi, Kan Suzuki, Ryūhei Kawada, etc. 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of the Environment
2015–2016 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games
2016–2017 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games
2021 		Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Chief of the Public Relations Headquarters,
Liberal Democratic Party
2020–2021 		Succeeded by


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