Hiroshi Nakada

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Hiroshi Nakada
中田 宏
Official portrait, 2024
Member of the House of Councillors
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 May 2022
Constituency	National PR
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 16 December 2012 – 21 November 2014
Constituency	Hokuriku-Shin'etsu PR
In office 18 July 1993 – 17 March 2002
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Kenji Eda
Constituency	Kanagawa 1st (1993–1996) Kanagawa 8th (1996–2002)
Mayor of Yokohama
In office 8 April 2002 – 17 August 2009
Preceded by	Hidenobu Takahide
Succeeded by	Fumiko Hayashi
Personal details
Born	(1964-09-20) 20 September 1964 (age 60) Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Political party	LDP (since 2019)
Other political affiliations	JNP (1992–1994) NFP (1994–1998) Independent (1998–2010; 2015–2019) SJP (2010–2012) JRP (2012–2014) PJK (2014–2015)
Alma mater	Aoyama Gakuin University

Hiroshi Nakada (中田 宏, Nakada Hiroshi, born September 20, 1964 in Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan) is the former mayor of Yokohama, Kanagawa in Japan. A graduate of Aoyama Gakuin University, he served at the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management before working in the House of Councillors in the Diet.

He was first elected mayor of Yokohama in April 2002 after serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) for three terms since July 1993. He was re-elected in 2006.

He has been compared to Carlos Ghosn, the visionary CEO of Nissan, whose Revival Plan he emulated and enticed the corporation to relocate to the city with.[1]

He is longlisted for the 2008 World Mayor award.^[1]

Political career

• 1993–1996: first term in House of Representatives
• 1996–2000: second term in House of Representatives
• 2000–2002: third term in House of Representatives
• 2002–2006: first term as Mayor of Yokohama
• 2006–2010: second term as Mayor of Yokohama

• Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD-IV), 2008.

• 政治家情報 〜中田 宏〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-12-10. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)

• Profile on Yokohama city homepage
• CityMayors profile
• Official website (in Japanese)

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