Kimi Onoda

Kimi Onoda
小野田 紀美
Official portrait, 2020
Minister of State for Economic Security
Assumed office
21 October 2025
Prime MinisterSanae Takaichi
Preceded byMinoru Kiuchi
Minister in charge of a Society of Well-Ordered and Harmonious Coexistence with Foreign Nationals
Assumed office
21 October 2025
Prime MinisterSanae Takaichi
Preceded byOffice established
Member of the House of Councillors
for Okayama at-large
Assumed office
26 July 2016
Preceded bySatsuki Eda
Majority180,000 (54.7%)
Member of the Kita City Assembly
In office
24 April 2011 – 3 October 2015
Personal details
Born (1982-12-07) 7 December 1982
CitizenshipUnited States (1982–2017)
Japan (since 1985)
PartyLiberal Democratic
Alma materTakushoku University
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Kimi Onoda (Japanese: 小野田 紀美, Hepburn: Onoda Kimi; born 7 December 1982) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party. She has been Minister of State for Economic Security, Science and Technology Policy, Space Policy, and Intellectual Property Strategy since 2025 within Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's cabinet while being the youngest minister within the cabinet. She is a member of the House of Councillors representing Okayama.

She had previously served as Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense from 2022 to 2023 under Second Kishida Cabinet and Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Justice from 2020 to 2021 under the Suga Cabinet.