Taku Yamamoto

Taku Yamamoto
山本 拓
Official portrait, 2006
Spouse of the Prime Minister of Japan
Assumed role
21 October 2025
MonarchNaruhito
Prime MinisterSanae Takaichi
Preceded byYoshiko Ishiba
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
9 November 2003 – 14 October 2021
Preceded byTakamori Makino
Succeeded byMulti-member district
ConstituencyFukui 2nd (2003–2014)
Hokuriku-Shin'etsu PR (2014–2021)
In office
18 February 1990 – 27 September 1996
Preceded byHajime Fukuda
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyFukui at-large
Member of the Fukui Prefectural Assembly
In office
22 April 1983 – 17 February 1990
ConstituencySabae City
Personal details
BornTaku Yamamoto
(1952-07-07) 7 July 1952
PartyLDP (until 1994; 2000–present)
Other political
affiliations
NFP (1994–1996)
Independent (1996–2000)
Spouse
(m. 2004; div. 2017)
(m. 2021)
Children3
Alma materHosei University
OccupationLinguistpolitician
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Taku Yamamoto (Japanese: 山本 拓, Hepburn: Yamamoto Taku; born 7 July 1952), legally Taku Takaichi (高市 拓, Takaichi Taku), is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 1990 to 1996 and again from 2003 to 2021. He is the husband of Sanae Takaichi, who has served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party since 2025; thus, he became the first male prime ministerial spouse.