KUSAMA Tsuyoshi

• Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Kanagawa 19th District (single-seat constituency), elected twice


• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Born: January 1982, Totsuka, Yokohama, Kanagawa
• Education:
• Kanagawa Prefectual Yokohama-Hiranuma Senior High School
• Faculty of Law (public law), Aoyama Gakuin University
• Master of Public Management, Okuma School of Public Management (now Graduate School of Public Management), Waseda University

• Career:
• Secretary General, Research Institute of Manifesto (now Institute for Democratic Innovation), Waseda University
• Official Secretary No. 1 to Member of the House of Councillors
• Member, Yokohama City Council (three terms for 12 years from 2011 to 2023)
• Visiting Research Fellow, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo
• Adjunct Fellow, Pacific Forum, USA
• Vice Chairperson, Federation of Kawasaki Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Branches
• Deputy Director, LDP Foreign Affairs Division
• Deputy Director, LDP National Defense Division
• Deputy Director, LDP Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Division
• Chief Secretary, LDP Special Mission Committee for the Promotion of the International Horticultural Expo 2027, Yokohama
• Chief Secretary, TICAD Project Team, LDP Research Commission on International Cooperation

• Other:
• American football club, Aoyama Gakuin University