Anri Kawai

Anri Kawai
河井 案里
Kawai in 2019
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
21 July 2019 – 3 February 2021
Preceded byKensei Mizote
Succeeded byHaruko Miyaguchi
ConstituencyHiroshima at-large
Member of the Hiroshima Prefectural Assembly
In office
30 April 2011 – 29 April 2019
ConstituencyAsaminami Ward, Hiroshima City
In office
30 April 2003 – 22 October 2009
ConstituencyAsaminami Ward, Hiroshima City
Personal details
BornAnri Maeda (前田案里)
(1973-09-23) 23 September 1973
PartyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
LDP (2007–2009; 2019–2020)
Spouse
(m. 2001)
Alma materKeio University
Websitehttp://www.anrinet.com/
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Anri Kawai (河井 案里, Kawai Anri; born 23 September 1973) is a Japanese politician, formerly of the Liberal Democratic Party, and a former member of the House of Councillors in the Diet. Her husband is member of the House of Representatives and former Minister of Justice Katsuyuki Kawai. Born in Nobeoka, Miyazaki and a graduate of Keio University, she served in the assembly of Hiroshima Prefecture for four terms. On 20 January 2021, at the Tokyo District Court, she was convicted of vote-buying in the 2019 House of Councillors election.