Ichirō Hirosawa

Ichirō Hirosawa
Hirosawa Ichirō (広沢 一郎)
Hirosawa delivering an election speech, 2024
Mayor of Nagoya
Assumed office
November 25, 2024
Deputy Mayor
  • Toshinori Matsuo (2021–2025)
  • Hideo Nakata & Midori Sugino (2025–2026)
  • Yasuyo Fukiage (since 2026)
Preceded byTakashi Kawamura
Member of the Aichi Prefectural Assembly
In office
2011–2014
Serving with Taro Kawashima
Preceded byKoji Takagi
Succeeded byKoji Takagi
ConstituencyMizuho-ku
Deputy General-secretary for Genzei Nippon
In office
2011–2023
General-secretaryTakashi Kawamura
Deputy Mayor of Nagoya
In office
November 17, 2017 – December 15, 2021
MayorTakashi Kawamura
Preceded byTeruo Shinkai
Succeeded byToshinori Matsuo
Deputy General-secretary for the Conservative Party of Japan
In office
2023–2024
General-secretaryKaori Arimoto
Personal details
Born (1963-12-27) December 27, 1963
Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
PartyGenzei Nippon (since 2011)
Other political
affiliations
EducationKeio University (BS)
OccupationBusinessman

Ichirō Hirosawa (Japanese: 広沢 一郎, Hepburn: Hirosawa Ichirō; born December 27, 1963) is a Japanese businessman and politician who is the current mayor of Nagoya since 2024. Born in Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, he previously worked as a producer and CEO for Magnolia kabushiki-gaisha before entering politics in 2011.

Hirosawa was a member of the Aichi Prefectural Assembly for Mizuho-ku from 2011 to 2014 alongside Taro Kawashima. He lost elections for the House of Representatives for Aichi 1st district in the 2014 and for the House of Councillors for Aichi at-large district in 2022. He was later appointed as Deputy Mayor for Nagoya from 2017 to 2021.

A member of the Aichi-based regional party Genzei Nippon, Hirosawa served as deputy general-secretary for the party from 2011 to 2023. He also served as the deputy general-secretary for Conservative Party of Japan from 2023 to 2024.