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Shūhei Kishimoto

Politician

Shūhei Kishimoto is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	AShuhei Kishimoto · KISHIMOTO Shuhei · Kisimoto Súhei · Shūhei Kishimoto · Šúhei Kišimoto · 4 more...				[sources]
Alias	Shuhei Kishimoto · Shuuhei Kishimoto · Shūhei Kishimoto · Кисимото, Сюхэи · きしもとしゅうへい · 2 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1956-07-12				[sources]
Place of birth	Wakayama				[sources]
Death date	2025-04-15				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Japan				[sources]
Country	Japan				[sources]
Citizenship	Japan				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status) · State government (past)				[sources]
First name	Shūhei				[sources]
Last name	Kishimoto				[sources]
Website	shuheikishimoto.jp · facebook.com · shuheikishimoto.jp · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q11475894				[sources]
Position	Shūgiin (member, 2014-2017) · Shūgiin (member, 2017-) · governor of Wakayama Prefecture (2022-2025) · member of the House of Representatives of Japan (2017-) · member of the House of Representatives of Japan (2021-2022)				[sources]
Education	Faculty of Law, The University of Tokyo (-1980) · Wakayama prefekturs Tōin-gymnasium (1972-1975) · 和歌山市立城東中学校 (1969-1972) · 和歌山市立広瀬小学校 (1963-1969)				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-12	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Japanese politician, the 22nd publicly-elected govenor of Wakayama prefecture (1956-2025)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-04-22

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Kaori Iida Close Associate	spouse	2013	2025-04-15

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Shūgiin	2014-12-14	2017-09-28
member of the House of Representatives of Japan

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,156

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Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,903

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata353,755

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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