Toranosuke Katayama | |
|---|---|
片山 虎之助 | |
 Katayama in 2021 | |
| Co-Leader ofNippon Ishin no Kai | |
| In office 12 December 2015 – 26 November 2021 | |
| Leader | Ichirō Matsui |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Nobuyuki Baba |
| Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications | |
| In office 6 January 2001 – 22 September 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Yoshirō Mori Junichiro Koizumi |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Tarō Asō |
| Minister of Posts and Telecommunications | |
| In office 5 December 2000 – 6 January 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Yoshirō Mori |
| Preceded by | Kozo Hirabayashi |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Minister of Home Affairs | |
| In office 5 December 2000 – 6 January 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Yoshirō Mori |
| Preceded by | Tsukasa Nishida |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Director-General of the Management and Coordination Agency | |
| In office 5 December 2000 – 6 January 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Yoshirō Mori |
| Preceded by | Kunihiro Tsuzuki |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Member of theHouse of Councillors | |
| In office 26 July 2010 – 25 July 2022 | |
| Constituency | National PR |
| In office 24 July 1989 – 28 July 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Mutsuo Kimura |
| Succeeded by | Yumiko Himei |
| Constituency | Okayama at-large |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1935-08-02)2 August 1935 Kasaoka, Okayama, Japan |
| Died | 18 December 2025(2025-12-18) (aged 90) |
| Party | Innovation (2015–2025) |
| Other political affiliations | LDP (1989–2010) SP (2010–2012) JRP (2012–2014) JIP (2014–2015) |
| Relations | Yoshinobu Ishikawa (brother-in-law) |
| Children | Daisuke Katayama |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo (L.L.B.) |
Toranosuke Katayama (片山 虎之助,Katayama Toranosuke; 2 August 1935 – 18 December 2025) was a Japanese politician who held multiple different cabinet posts.[1] He was a former member of theLiberal Democratic Party (LDP), and was co-president ofNippon Ishin no Kai (Japanese: Japan Restoration Party; JPR) alongsideIchirō Matsui from 2016 to 2021.
Katayama was born inOkayama Prefecture on 2 August 1935.[2] He graduated from theUniversity of Tokyo's faculty of law in March 1958.[3]
Katayama began his career at the agency of Home Affairs in April 1958. He became vice governor of Okayama Prefecture in April 1985. He was elected to theHouse of Councilors in July 1989, being a member of the LDP.[2] He was elected to the House for the second term in July 1995, for the third term in July 2001 and for the fourth term in July 2001.[3]
In the LDP, Katayama was part of the faction headed byRyutaro Hashimoto[4][5] and then of the Tsushima faction at the beginning of the 2002s.[6]
After holding different roles in the House, he was appointed minister of posts and telecommunications, minister of home affairs, and also, director-general of the management and coordination agency in December 2000.[2] In January 2001, Katayama was named as the minister for public management, home affairs, posts and telecommunications.[2] On 8 February 2002, Katayama was appointed minister of public management in the cabinet headed by Prime MinisterJunichiro Koizumi.[4] He retained his post in the cabinet reshuffle on 8 December 2002.[7] Later he became secretary general of the LDP in the upper house in July 2004.[3][8] Until 2007, Katayama was the number two or deputy leader of the party's upper house group and also, the leader of its campaign strategy.[9] Katayama lost his seat in the upper house in the 2007 election.[9]
Katayama left the LDP when the party set an age limit of 70 for candidates in the House of Councillors proportional representation bloc election in 2010.[10] As a result, he joined the now-defunctTachiagare Nippon.[11] He was reelected to the upper house for the fifth term in July 2010 for the Tachiagare Nippon.[3] He was also the secretary-general of the House of Councillors of the party.[3] Next he became a member of the JPR, which was led jointly byTōru Hashimoto andShintaro Ishihara.[11] He began to represent the party at the House and was a member of the House's committee on general affairs.[3]
After the JRP disbanded, he joined theJapan Innovation Party. On 2 September 2015, he joinedInitiatives from Osaka.[12]
Katayama died on 18 December 2025, at the age of 90.[1]
Media related toToranosuke Katayama at Wikimedia Commons| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| New ministerial post | Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications 2001–2003 | Succeeded by |
| Party political offices | ||
| New post | Co-Leader ofNippon Ishin no Kai 2015–2021 | Succeeded by |
| Head of the Diet Members Group, Nippon Ishin no Kai 2015–2021 | ||
| Chairman of the House of Councillors Caucus, Nippon Ishin no Kai 2015–2021 | Succeeded by | |
| Preceded by | Secretary General for the Liberal Democratic Party in the House of Councillors 2004–2007 | Succeeded by |
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Academics | |
| Other | |
