:Yorikane Masumoto

{{short description|Japanese politician}}

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|name = Yorikane Masumoto

|native_name = {{nobold|桝本 頼兼}}

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|office = 25th Mayor of Kyoto

|term_start = 25 February 1996

|term_end = 24 February 2008

|predecessor = Tomoyuki Tanabe

|successor = Daisaku Kadokawa

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|1|29}}

|birth_place = Dalian, China

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|party = Independent

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|alma_mater = Chuo University

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{{nihongo|Yorikane Masumoto|桝本 頼兼|Masumoto Yorikane|extra=born January 29, 1941}} is a Japanese politician who was mayor of Kyoto from 1996 to 2008. A graduate of Chuo University, he was first elected in February 1996. After three full terms in office he did not run again in the 2008 mayoral election.