Tatsuo Yada

{{short description|Japanese politician}}

{{BLP sources|date=November 2013}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Tatsuo Yada

|native_name = {{nobold|矢田 立郎}}

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|image = Tatsuo Yada Kobe Matsuri 2013 IMG 3344 20130519.JPG

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|office = Mayor of Kobe

|term_start = 20 November 2001

|term_end = 19 November 2013

|predecessor = Kazutoshi Sasayama

|successor = Kizō Hisamoto

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|2|7}}

|birth_place = Kobe, Empire of Japan

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|alma_mater = Kansai University

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{{nihongo|Tatsuo Yata|矢田 立郎|Yata Tatsuo|extra=born February 7, 1940}} is a Japanese politician who became the mayor of Kobe, the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture in Japan from 2001 until 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.accj.or.jp/en/component/eventlist/details/300041-official-visit-with-tatsuo-yada-mayor-of-kobe-city |title=ACCJ | Details - ACCJ-Kansai Conducts Official Visit with Tatsuo Yada, Mayor of Kobe City |publisher=The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan |accessdate=2013-11-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610200829/http://www.accj.or.jp/en/component/eventlist/details/300041-official-visit-with-tatsuo-yada-mayor-of-kobe-city |archivedate=2015-06-10 }} He was first elected in October 2001 and won the re-election four years later.{{cite web |url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/diet/profile/0015/00015510.html |script-title=ja:政治家情報 〜矢田 立郎〜|trans-title=Politician Information ~Tatsuo Yada~ |publisher=JANJAN |accessdate=2007-12-09 |language=Japanese}} {{dead link|date=April 2013}}