Chiken Kakazu

{{Short description|Japanese politician (1941–2024)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Eastern name order|Kakazu Chiken}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Chiken Kakazu

| native_name = {{nobold|嘉数 知賢}}

| native_name_lang = ja

| image = Chiken Kakazu.jpg

| image_size = 220px

| caption = Official portrait, 2002

| office = Member of the House of Representatives

| constituency = Kyushu PR (1996–2003)
Okinawa 3rd (2003–2009)

| term_start = 20 October 1996

| term_end = 21 July 2009

| predecessor = Constituency established

| successor = Denny Tamaki

| office1 = Member of the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly

| constituency1 = Nago City

| term_start1 = 1980

| term_end1 = 1996

| predecessor1 =

| successor1 =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1941|6|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Nago, Okinawa, Japan

| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|10|15|1941|6|1|df=y}}

| death_place = Nago, Okinawa, Japan

| alma_mater = Waseda University

| party = Liberal Democratic

| otherparty =

}}

{{nihongo|Chiken Kakazu|嘉数 知賢|Kakazu Chiken|lead=yes|extra=1 June 1941 – 15 October 2024}} was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Nago, Okinawa and graduate of Waseda University, he served in the assembly of Okinawa Prefecture for five terms beginning in 1980. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996. He lost his seat to Denny Tamaki in the 2009 general election. Kakazu died from bile duct cancer on 15 October 2024, at the age of 83.{{cite news |title=嘉数知賢さん死去　元自民党衆院議員 |url=https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2024101600954&g=pol |access-date=16 October 2024 |publisher=Jiji |date=16 October 2024}}