(As of April 2026)
TATSUMI Kotaro
- Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Kinki Bloc (proportional representation), elected twice
- In-House Group: Japanese Communist Party
- Born: 1976, Osaka City, Osaka
- Education:
- Osaka Prefectural Kitano Senior High School, Japan
- School of the Arts (visual and media arts), Emerson College, USA
- Career:
- Member, House of Councillors (HC) (one term)
- Secretary General, Project for Inviting High School Students from Kosovo to Japan
- Handled more than 7,000 consultation requests as a member of the secretariat of the Konohana Organization for the Protection of Life and Health
- Deputy Host, Radio Haken Mura (radio program for workers laid off following the 2008 financial crisis)
- Host, Touch Me Kotaro (radio program)
- Elected to the House of Councillors (2013)
- Director, HC Standing Committee on Budget
- Member, Central Committee, Japanese Communist Party (JCP)
- Head, JCP Team Pursuing the Moritomo Gakuen Issue
- Member, HR Standing Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare
- Member, HR Standing Committee on Budget
- Member, HR Special Committee on Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Investigation of Nuclear Power Issues
