Hiroshi Kamiya (politician)

Hiroshi Kamiya (神谷 裕, Kamiya Hiroshi; born 10 August 1968) is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). Kamiya represents Hokkaido through the Hokkaido PR block.

Hiroshi Kamiya
神谷 裕
Kamiya in 2022
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 October 2017
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Constituency	Hokkaido PR (2017–2024) Hokkaido 10th (2024–present)
Personal details
Born	(1968-08-10) 10 August 1968 (age 57) Toshima, Tokyo, Japan
Political party	CDP (since 2017)
Other political affiliations	DPJ (2014–2016) DP (2016–2017)
Alma mater	Teikyo University
Website	Profile

Kamiya first ran for office in the 2014 election as the DPJ candidate for the Hokkaido 10th district, losing against the incumbent Hisashi Inatsu. He would have a rematch with Inatsu in the 2017 general election. This time, he lost by a very narrow margin of 513 votes, making Hokkaido-10th one of the most marginal seats in the country. Nonetheless, Kamiya obtained enough votes to be elected through the CDP's PR block list.^[1]

Before running for public office, Kamiya worked as a secretary in the offices of Councillor Eri Tokunaga and Representative Tadamasa Kodaira. He also previously worked in a fisheries cooperative.^[2]