Kazumi Ota

Kazumi Ota (太田 和美, Ōta Kazumi; born August 28, 1979) is a Japanese politician who is the current mayor of Kashiwa. She has previously served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) from 2006 to 2012, and again from 2014 to 2017.

Kazumi Ota
太田 和美
Ota in 2023
Mayor of Kashiwa
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 November 2021
Preceded by	Hiroyasu Akiyama
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 19 December 2014 – 28 September 2017
Constituency	Southern Kanto PR
In office 23 April 2006 – 16 November 2012
Preceded by	Kazumi Matsumoto
Succeeded by	Takumi Nemoto
Constituency	Chiba 7th (2006–2009) Fukushima 2nd (2009–2012)
Member of the Chiba Prefectural Assembly
In office 2005–2006
Constituency	Matsudo City
Personal details
Born	(1979-08-28) 28 August 1979 (age 45) Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
Political party	Independent
Other political affiliations	DPJ PLF TPJ LP JIP DP Kibō no Tō Reiwa Shinsengumi
Alma mater	Nihon University

Political career

Kazumi Ota was elected to the Chiba Prefectural Assembly in 2005 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2006 during special by-elections in Chiba 7th district. During 2009 general elections that marked DPJ's landslide victory, Ota was re-elected in Fukushima 2nd district. She lost in 2012 national elections, got elected in 2014 and lost again in 2017.^[1]

She once worked as a hostess, which in the past would have likely ignited a scandal but has not presently done so.