Katsuhiko Yokomitsu

Katsuhiko Yokomitsu
横光 克彦
Yokomitsu in 2023
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 23 October 2017 – 14 October 2021
Constituency	Kyushu PR
In office 18 July 1993 – 16 November 2012
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Takeshi Iwaya
Constituency	Ōita 2nd (1993–1996) Ōita 4th (1996–2003) Kyushu PR (2003–2009) Ōita 3rd (2009–2012)
Personal details
Born	(1943-11-04) 4 November 1943 (age 81) Taiwan, Empire of Japan
Political party	CDP (since 2017)
Other political affiliations	JSP (before 1996) SDP (1996–1998) DPJ (1998–2016) DP (2016–2017)
Alma mater	University of Kitakyushu

Katsuhiko Yokomitsu (横光 克彦, Yokomitsu Katsuhiko, born November 4, 1943) is a Japanese actor and politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP), who serves as a member of the House of Representatives in the National Diet (national legislature).

A native of Usa, Ōita and graduate of the University of Kitakyushu, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993 as an independent. He later joined the Social Democratic Party and then Democratic Party of Japan. In 2011, he assumed the office of Senior Vice-Minister of the Environment. After General Election 2012, which he lost the seat, he announced his retirement from politics and return to the entertainment industry. Shin Godzilla in which he played the role of Minister of the Environment is one of the most major movies after his return.

He made a comeback to politics in 2017. He joined the CDP prior to the 2017 general election and subsequently ran in his former Oita 3rd district seat. He was defeated by the incumbent Takeshi Iwaya by a majority of 15,279 votes, but was elected in the proportional representation block.

• 政治家情報 〜横光 克彦〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-10-16.

• Official profile in Japanese.

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