Hekisuikai

{{short description|Political Party in Japan}}

{{Infobox political party

| name = Hekisuikai

| native_name = {{Plainlist|

• Hekisuikai
• 碧水会

}}

| leader = Yukiko Kada

| leader1_title = Secretary general

| foundation = {{start date|2019|7|30}}

| dissolution = {{end date|2022|8|31}}

| country = Japan

| colorcode = #66FFFF

}}

The {{Nihongo|Hekisuikai|碧水会|"blue/azure/green water association"|self-designation for English-speakers yet to be determined as of July 31, 2019House of Councillors: [http://www.sangiin.go.jp/japanese/joho1/kousei/eng/strength/index.htm Parliamentary groups] (English), retrieved August 1, 2019.}} was a parliamentary group in the House of Councillors, the upper house of the Japanese National Diet.House of Councillors: [http://www.sangiin.go.jp/japanese/joho1/kousei/giin/current/giinsu.htm Parliamentary groups], [http://www.sangiin.go.jp/japanese/joho1/kousei/giin/198/giinmei.htm#194 Hekisuikai] (Japanese), retrieved August 1, 2019. It was formed in late July 2019 briefly after the 25th regular election of members of the House of Councillors by two new members who had been elected as independents for the center-left opposition alliance in single-member constituencies (CDP, DPFP, JCP, Social Security Review Conference and Social Democratic Party):

• Yukiko Kada from Shiga, former governor, who narrowly (49%/47%)[http://www.soumu.go.jp/main_content/000640535.pdf Results of the 25th regular election of members of the House of Councillors] (pdf), pp. 79 & 81 (Japanese), retrieved August 30, 2019. defeated LDP incumbent Takeshi Ninoyu,
• and Takako Nagae from Ehime, a former member of the House of Representatives from the Shikoku proportional constituency, who defeated LDP newcomer celebrity-turned-politician Rakusaburō by a solid margin (56%/42%) to succeed retiring Takumi Ihara (LDP).

The {{Nihongo|Heki|碧||a colour word that can mean either green or blue in the conceptualizations of European languages}} in the group name is supposed to represent the colours of the two campaigns, and the {{Nihongo|"water"|水}} refers to the waters of Lake Biwa that is literally and symbolically central to Shiga, and the Seto Inland Sea that surrounds Ehime.Yahoo! Japan News/Nankai Hōsō, July 30, 2019: [https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20190730-00000299-rnb-l38 参院選で初当選した永江さんが新会派結成（愛媛県）], retrieved August 1, 2019.