List of presidents of the House of Councillors (Japan)

List of presidents (gichō) and vice presidents (fuku-gichō) of the House of Councillors.

Presidents of the House of Councillors

The residence of the President of the House of Councillors (Sangiin gichō kōtei) in Nagatachō, Chiyoda ward, Tokyo is mainly used for official occasions such as reception of state guests. The residence of the Vice President is located in Azabu-Nagasakachō in Minato ward.

Name	Party	Entered Office	Left Office
Tsuneo Matsudaira	Ryokufūkai	May 20, 1947	November 14, 1949
Naotake Satō	Ryokufūkai	November 15, 1949	May 19, 1953
Yahachi Kawai	Ryokufūkai	May 19, 1953	April 3, 1956
Tsuruhei Matsuno	Ryokufūkai	April 3, 1956	August 6, 1962
Yūzō Shigemune	LDP	August 6, 1962	July 17, 1971
Kenzō Kōno	LDP (Ind.)	July 17, 1971	July 3, 1977
Ken Yasui	LDP	July 28, 1977	July 7, 1980
Masatoshi Tokunaga	LDP	July 17, 1980	July 9, 1983
Mutsuo Kimura	LDP	July 18, 1983	July 22, 1986
Masaaki Fujita	LDP	July 22, 1986	September 30, 1988
Yoshihiro Tsuchiya	LDP	September 30, 1988	October 4, 1991
Yūji Osada	LDP	October 4, 1991	July 9, 1992
Bunbē Hara	LDP	August 7, 1992	July 22, 1995
Jūrō Saitō	LDP	August 4, 1995	October 19, 2000
Yutaka Inoue	LDP	October 19, 2000	April 22, 2002
Hiroyuki Kurata	LDP	April 22, 2002	July 30, 2004
Chikage Ōgi	LDP	July 30, 2004	July 28, 2007
Satsuki Eda	DPJ	July 28, 2007	July 25, 2010
Takeo Nishioka	DPJ	July 30, 2010	November 5, 2011
Kenji Hirata	DPJ	November 14, 2011	July 28, 2013
Masaaki Yamazaki	LDP	August 2, 2013	July 25, 2016
Chūichi Date	LDP	August 1, 2016	July 28, 2019
Akiko Santō	LDP	August 1, 2019	August 4, 2022
Hidehisa Otsuji	LDP	August 4, 2022	Incumbent

Other websites

• House of Councillors: List of Presidents and Vice Presidents (in Japanese)
• Rulers.org