List of presidents of the House of Councillors (Japan)

List of presidents (gichō) and vice presidents (fuku-gichō) of the House of Councillors.

Note: Many presidents and vice presidents leave their parliamentary group during their tenure and formally become independents, but retain their membership of the wider party. Kenzō Kōno also gave up his party membership after being elected as President.

Presidents of the House of Councillors[]

The residence of the President of the House of Councillors (Sangiin gichō kōtei) in Nagatachō, Chiyoda ward, Tokyo is mainly used for official occasions such as reception of state guests. The residence of the Vice President is located in Azabu-Nagasakachō in Minato ward.

Name	Party	Entered office	Left office
Tsuneo Matsudaira	Ryokufūkai	May 20, 1947	November 14, 1949
Naotake Satō	Ryokufūkai	November 15, 1949	May 19, 1953
	Ryokufūkai	May 19, 1953	April 3, 1956
	Ryokufūkai	April 3, 1956	August 6, 1962
	LDP	August 6, 1962	July 17, 1971
Kenzō Kōno	LDP (Ind.)	July 17, 1971	July 3, 1977
	LDP	July 28, 1977	July 7, 1980
	LDP	July 17, 1980	July 9, 1983
	LDP	July 18, 1983	July 22, 1986
Masaaki Fujita	LDP	July 22, 1986	September 30, 1988
	LDP	September 30, 1988	October 4, 1991
	LDP	October 4, 1991	July 9, 1992
	LDP	August 7, 1992	July 22, 1995
	LDP	August 4, 1995	October 19, 2000
	LDP	October 19, 2000	April 22, 2002
	LDP	April 22, 2002	July 30, 2004
Chikage Ōgi	LDP	July 30, 2004	July 28, 2007
Satsuki Eda	DPJ	July 28, 2007	July 25, 2010
Takeo Nishioka	DPJ	July 30, 2010	November 5, 2011
Kenji Hirata	DPJ	November 14, 2011	July 28, 2013
Masaaki Yamazaki	LDP	August 2, 2013	July 25, 2016
Chuichi Date	LDP	August 1, 2016	July 28, 2019
Akiko Santō	LDP	August 1, 2019	Incumbent

Vice presidents of the House of Councillors[]

Name	Party	Entered office	Left office
Jiichirō Matsumoto	JSP	May 20, 1947	February 25, 1949
	DLP	March 26, 1949	May 2, 1950
	JSP	July 12, 1950	May 2, 1953
	LP	May 19, 1953	May 9, 1956
	LDP	May 9, 1956	June 12, 1958
Tarō Hirai	LDP	June 16, 1958	July 7, 1962
	LDP	August 6, 1962	June 1, 1965
Kenzō Kōno	LDP	July 30, 1965	August 8, 1968
	LDP	August 3, 1968	July 17, 1971
	LDP	July 17, 1971	July 7, 1974
	LDP	July 27, 1974	July 28, 1977
	JSP	July 28, 1977	August 30, 1979
	JSP	August 30, 1979	July 9, 1983
	JSP	July 18, 1983	July 7, 1986
	JSP	July 22, 1986	August 7, 1989
	JSP	August 7, 1989	April 19, 1990
	JSP	April 25, 1990	July 7, 1992
	JSP	August 7, 1992	August 4, 1995
	NFP	August 4, 1995	July 25, 1998
	DPJ	July 30, 1999	July 22, 2001
	DPJ	August 7, 2001	July 25, 2004
	DPJ	July 30, 2004	January 30, 2007
	DPJ	January 30, 2007	July 28, 2007
Akiko Santō	LDP	August 7, 2007	July 30, 2010
Hidehisa Otsuji	LDP	July 30, 2010	December 26, 2012
Masaaki Yamazaki	LDP	December 26, 2012	August 2, 2013
Azuma Koshiishi	DPJ	August 2, 2013	July 25, 2016
Akira Gunji	DP → Ind.	August 1, 2016	August 1, 2019
Toshio Ogawa	CDP	August 1, 2019	Incumbent

Sources[]

House of Councillors: List of Presidents and Vice Presidents (in Japanese)
Rulers.org