UKISHIMA Tomoko

• Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Hokkaido Bloc (proportional representation), elected six times


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

• Career:
• Member, House of Councillors (HC) (one term)


• Principal Dancer, Hong Kong Royal Ballet (now Hong Kong Ballet) (1984)
• Principal Dancer, Dayton Ballet, USA (1995)
• Established TOMOKO Cultural School in Hong Kong
• Established Yume (Dream) Circus Musical Troupe in Kobe, Japan (1998)
• 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)
• Deputy President, Diet Affairs Committee, Centrist Reform Alliance