Kentaro Sonoura

{{Short description|Japanese politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Kentaro Sonoura

| native_name = {{nobold|薗浦 健太郎}}

| native_name_lang = ja

| image = Kentaro Sonoura 20181002.jpg

| caption = Official portrait, 2018

| office = Special Advisor to the Prime Minister in charge of important national security policies

| primeminister = Shinzo Abe

| termstart = 3 August 2017

| termend = 11 September 2019

| predecessor = Masahiko Shibayama

| successor = Mitsuhiro Miyakoshi

| office1 = Member of the House of Representatives

| constituency1 = Chiba 5th

| termstart1 = 19 December 2012

| termend1 = 21 December 2022

| predecessor1 = Hirotami Murakoshi

| successor1 = Arfiya Eri

| constituency2 = Chiba 5th

| termstart2 = 11 September 2005

| termend2 = 21 July 2009

| predecessor2 = Hirotami Murakoshi

| successor2 = Hirotami Murakoshi

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|6|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan

| alma_mater = University of Tokyo (LLB)

| profession = {{flatlist|

• Politician
• reporter

}}

| party = Independent (since 2022)

| otherparty = LDP (2002–2022)

}}

{{nihongo|Kentaro Sonoura|薗浦 健太郎|Sonoura Kentarō|extra=born June 3, 1972}} is a former Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). He represented the 5th District of Chiba prefecture as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Takamatsu, Kagawa and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he worked as a reporter for the Yomiuri Shimbun and as an aide to Taro Aso. Sonoura was elected for the first time in the 2005 general election after an unsuccessful run in 2003.

Sonoura resigned from office on 21 December 2022 and was shortly afterwards convicted of violating the Political Fund Control Law.{{cite web |title=Ex-lawmaker Sonoura banned from elections for 3 years, fined |url=https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14804713 |website=The Asahi Shimbun |access-date=9 January 2025}}