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Hiroshi Hase

PEP · Politician

Hiroshi Hase 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	HASE Hiroshi · Hasze Hirosi · Hiroshi Hase · Hiroši Hase · Хироси Хасэ · 4 more...				[sources]
Alias	Hase Hiroshi · Hiroshi Hase · Hiroši Hase · Хасэ, Хироси · はせひろし · 4 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	はせ浩				[sources]
Birth date	1961-05-05				[sources]
Place of birth	Oyabe				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Japan				[sources]
Citizenship	Japan				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Hiroshi				[sources]
Last name	Hase				[sources]
Political association	Liberal Democratic Party				[sources]
Website	hase-hiroshi.org · facebook.com · hase-hiroshi.org				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q3136350				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (2015-2016) · Shūgiin (member, 2014-2017) · Shūgiin (member, 2017-) · governor of Ishikawa Prefecture (2022-2026) · member of the House of Councillors (1995-2000) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Senshu University				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-26	Last processed	2026-04-27	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Japanese politician and professional wrestler (1961-)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2026-04-09

Relationships

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons278,406

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories343,748

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,466

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata331,031

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions507,035

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Kyōko Takami Close Associate	spouse	1994	-
Mansai Nomura II Close Associate	relative

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
governor of Ishikawa Prefecture	2022-03-27	2026