Taku Yamamoto
Taku Yamamoto | |
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山本 拓 | |
Official portrait, 2006 | |
| Spouse of the Prime Minister of Japan | |
| Assumed role 21 October 2025 | |
| Monarch | Naruhito |
| Prime Minister | Sanae Takaichi |
| Preceded by | Yoshiko Ishiba |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 9 November 2003 – 14 October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Takamori Makino |
| Succeeded by | Multi-member district |
| Constituency | Fukui 2nd (2003–2014) Hokuriku-Shin'etsu PR (2014–2021) |
| In office 18 February 1990 – 27 September 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Hajime Fukuda |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Constituency | Fukui at-large |
| Member of the Fukui Prefectural Assembly | |
| In office 22 April 1983 – 17 February 1990 | |
| Constituency | Sabae City |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Taku Yamamoto 7 July 1952 Sabae, Fukui, Japan |
| Party | LDP (until 1994; 2000–present) |
| Other political affiliations | NFP (1994–1996) Independent (1996–2000) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Hosei University |
| Occupation | Linguist • politician |
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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.