UKISHIMA Tomoko

• In-House Group: Komeito
• Elected: Kinki Bloc (proportional representation), four times
• Born: 1 February 1963, Shinjuku, Tokyo
• Education:
• Tokyo Rissho Senior High School (1981)

• Career:
• 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)
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (2008)
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Environment;
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office (2013)
• State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology;
• State Minister of Cabinet Office (2018)
• Vice 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
• Vice Chair, Komeito Central Discipline Committee
• Vice Chair, Komeito Women's Committee
• Chair, Standing Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry, House of Representatives (2016)