Seiji Osaka

{{short description|Japanese politician}}

{{Expand Japanese|topic=bio|逢坂誠二|date=October 2017}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Seiji Ōsaka

| native_name = {{nobold|逢坂 誠二}}

| native_name_lang = ja

| image = Seiji Ōsaka 201101 (cropped 3).jpg

| caption = Official portrait, 2011

| office = Deputy Leader of the
Constitutional Democratic Party

| leader = Kenta Izumi

| term_start = 30 November 2021

| term_end =

| predecessor = Akira Nagatsuma

| successor =

| office1 = Member of the House of Representatives

| term_start1 = 15 December 2014

| term_end1 =

| constituency1 = Hokkaido 8th

| predecessor1 = Kazuo Maeda

| successor1 =

| term_start2 = 12 September 2005

| term_end2 = 16 November 2012

| predecessor2 = Multi-member district

| successor2 = Kazuo Maeda

| constituency2 = Hokkaido PR (2005–2009)
Hokkaido 8th (2009–2012)
Hokkaido 8th (2014-present)

| office3 = Mayor of Niseko

| term_start3 = November 1994

| term_end3 = 29 August 2005

| predecessor3 = Tomio Watanabe

| successor3 = Ryūichi Satō

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1959|4|24}}

| birth_place = Niseko, Hokkaido, Japan

| death_date =

| death_place =

| alma_mater = Hokkaido University

| party = CDP (since 2017)

| otherparty = Independent (1994–2005)
DPJ (2005–2016)
DP (2016–2017)

| website = [https://ohsaka.jp/ Official website]

}}

{{nihongo|Seiji Osaka|逢坂 誠二|Ōsaka Seiji|extra=born April 24, 1959}} is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).{{Cite news| title = Opposition grills gov't over Kake vet school approval, calling it non-qualified| publisher = Mainichi Shimbun| date = 16 November 2017| url = http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20171116/p2a/00m/0na/018000c}}

Political career

= Mayor of Niseko =

Osaka ran for Mayor of Niseko, a ski resort area in Hokkaido, in the 1994 election, and held that position until he resigned in 2005 to run for national office in the House of Representatives.

= House of Representatives =

Osaka was first elected to the House of Representatives as a Hokkaido Proportional Representation candidate in 2005. In 2009 he was elected as the representative for Hokkaido's 8th district constituency, and served as such until he lost his seat in the 2012 election.

He regained his seat in Hokkaido’s 8th district in 2014 and is still the current representative as of the results of the 2024 election.

Osaka was a member of the Democratic Party. While he joined the CDP on the day it was formed, he ran on an independent ticket in the 2017 general election.{{cite news|title=CDP looking for allies; Koike won't step down; Maehara to quit|date=24 October 2017|url=http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201710240049.html|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|access-date=19 November 2017|archive-date=24 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024163327/http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201710240049.html|url-status=dead}}

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