Maki Ikeda

Maki Ikeda (池田真紀, Ikeda Maki; born 24 May 1972) is a Japanese politician who has been in the House of Representatives as a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan since 2024, and from 2017 to 2021.

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Maki Ikeda
池田真紀
Ikeda in 2019

Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 31 October 2024
Preceded by	Yoshiaki Wada
Constituency	Hokkaido 5th
In office 27 October 2017 – 14 October 2021
Constituency	Hokkaido PR

Personal details
Born	(1972-05-24) 24 May 1972 (age 53) Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan
Political party	Independent
Other political affiliations	CDP
Children	2
Alma mater	Hokkaido University
Website	ikemaki.jp

Early life and education

Maki Ikeda was born in Itabashi, Japan, on 24 May 1972.^[1] She suffered abuse from her father before starting kindergarten. In junior high school she went to live with her grandmother after her mother and younger sister left the family due to her father's abuse.^[2] She graduated from Hokkaido University in 2015.^[1]

Career

From 1997 to 2011, Ikeda worked at the Welfare Office in Itabashi.^[1] In 2011, she moved from Tokyo to Hokkaido.^[2]

In the 2014 election Ikeda ran as an independent candidate in Hokkaido 2nd district, but lost.^[1] She ran in Hokkaido 5th district for a 2016 by-election, but lost to Yoshiaki Wada.^[3] She ran for the seat again in the 2017 election as a Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan candidate and received fewer votes than Wada, but obtained enough votes to be returned through the CDP's PR block list.^[4]

Ikeda lost reelection in 2021, but was elected in 2024. Ikeda was an independent candidate in the 2023 Hokkaido gubernatorial election, but lost.^[1]

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Early life and education

Career

Personal life

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