Ichirō Hirosawa
Ichirō Hirosawa | |
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Hirosawa Ichirō (広沢 一郎) | |
Hirosawa delivering an election speech, 2024 | |
| Mayor of Nagoya | |
| Assumed office November 25, 2024 | |
| Deputy Mayor |
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| Preceded by | Takashi Kawamura |
| Member of the Aichi Prefectural Assembly | |
| In office 2011–2014 Serving with Taro Kawashima | |
| Preceded by | Koji Takagi |
| Succeeded by | Koji Takagi |
| Constituency | Mizuho-ku |
| Deputy General-secretary for Genzei Nippon | |
| In office 2011–2023 | |
| General-secretary | Takashi Kawamura |
| Deputy Mayor of Nagoya | |
| In office November 17, 2017 – December 15, 2021 | |
| Mayor | Takashi Kawamura |
| Preceded by | Teruo Shinkai |
| Succeeded by | Toshinori Matsuo |
| Deputy General-secretary for the Conservative Party of Japan | |
| In office 2023–2024 | |
| General-secretary | Kaori Arimoto |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 27, 1963 Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan |
| Party | Genzei Nippon (since 2011) |
| Other political affiliations |
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| Education | Keio University (BS) |
| Occupation | Businessman |
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.