Daijiro Hashimoto

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Daijiro Hashimoto

| image =Daijiro Hashimoto.jpg

| caption =

|native_name = {{nobold|橋本大二郎}}

|native_name_lang = ja

|office=Governor of Kōchi Prefecture

|predecessor ={{ill|Tsutomu Nakauchi|ja|中内力}}

|successor=Masanao Ozaki

|term_start=7 December 1991

|term_end=6 December 2007

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1947|1|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Tokyo

|relatives=Ryutaro Hashimoto(brother)
Gaku Hashimoto(nephew)

|parents={{ill|Ryogo Hashimoto|ja|橋本龍伍}}

}}

{{Nihongo|Daijiro Hashimoto|橋本 大二郎|Hashimoto Daijirō|lead=yes|extra=born 12 January 1947}} is a politically independent former governor of the Kōchi Prefecture who served from 1991 to 2007,{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=127780|title=Our Campaigns - Candidate - Daijiro Hashimoto|website=www.ourcampaigns.com|access-date=2019-02-12}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/09/world/japan-s-tale-of-2-brothers-does-best-man-rise-to-top.html|title=Japan's Tale of 2 Brothers: Does Best Man Rise to Top?|last=Kristof|first=Nicholas D.|date=1998-07-09|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-02-12|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} with an intermediate resignation in 2004 to test support after a scandal alleging transactions between his campaign aide and a construction company in 1991.{{Cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/08/02/national/kochi-governor-fed-up-with-tokyo-calling-it-quits/|title=Kochi governor, fed up with Tokyo, calling it quits|date=2007-08-02|work=The Japan Times Online|access-date=2019-02-12|language=en-US|issn=0447-5763}} He is also the host of "Wide Scramble", a morning show on TV Asahi.{{Cite web|url=https://www.japanbullet.com/news/ex-kochi-gov-hashimoto-hosts-morning-tv-show|title=Ex - Kochi Gov. Hashimoto Hosts Morning Tv Show|date=April 25, 2014|website=www.japanbullet.com|access-date=2019-02-12}} His policies included encouraging a more open government and the implementation of a green tax to help preserve forests. He is considered to be a reformer.{{cite book|last=Gaunder|first=Alisa|title=Routledge Handbook of Japanese Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gdwEocAa3nYC&pg=PA108|date=25 February 2011|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-136-81838-7|page=108}} Hashimoto is the brother of the former Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto.