UKISHIMA Tomoko

Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Kinki Bloc (proportional representation), elected five times

• In-House Group: Komeito
• Born: 1 February 1963, Shinjuku, Tokyo
• Education:
• Tokyo Rissho Senior High School (1981)

• Career:
• Member, House of Councillors (one term)
• Prima ballerina, Hong Kong Royal Ballet (1984)
• Prima ballerina, Dayton Ballet, USA (1995)
• Opened "TOMOKO Cultural School" in Hong Kong and Singapore (1988)
• Established the theatre company Yume (Dream) Circus Musical Troupe in Kobe (1998)
• Elected to the House of Councillors (2004)
• First elected to the House of Representatives (2012)
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (2008)
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Environment(2013)
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office (2013)
• State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (2018)
• State Minister of Cabinet Office (2018)
• Deputy Chair, Komeito Policy Research Council
• Director, Komeito Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Division
• Chair, Komeito Council for the Promotion of Culture and Arts
• Director, Komeito Cultural and Artistic Affairs Bureau
• Chair, Komeito Civil Activities Committee
• Chair, HR Standing Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry (2016)
• Chair, HR Standing Committee on Internal Affairs and Communications (2022)