18 Facts About Yuichiro Tamaki

Yuichiro Tamaki is a Japanese politician and the leader of the Democratic Party For the People.

Yuichiro Tamaki is a member of the House of Representatives, and a former leader of Kibo no To.

Yuichiro Tamaki was born in Sangawa, a small rural town in Kagawa Prefecture.

Yuichiro Tamaki resigned from government service in 2005 to run in the 2005 general election after both the Liberal Democratic Party and Democratic Party of Japan approached him to run.

Yuichiro Tamaki chose to run as a DPJ candidate despite having recently worked in incumbent LDP Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Cabinet Office.

Yuichiro Tamaki lost in this race and spent the next four years living with his extended family in the countryside.

Yuichiro Tamaki held this seat in the 2012 general election, after which he was appointed Deputy Secretary-General of the DPJ, and held this seat again in the 2014 general election.

Yuichiro Tamaki was elected as the leader of Kibo no To in November 2017.

In May 2018, Yuichiro Tamaki led a majority of Kibo members to merge with the Democratic Party, forming the Democratic Party For the People.

Yuichiro Tamaki became the co-leader of the new party, along with DP leader Kohei Otsuka.

In 2019, Yuichiro Tamaki publicly proposed a meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to discuss constitutional reform, as well as a debate in the Diet on constitutional revision.

Yuichiro Tamaki has been criticised by other elected politicians in his party for aligning the Democratic Party for the People with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, particularly in cooperation between both parties on legislation.

In December 2024, Yuichiro Tamaki was suspended from party leadership for three months following a media report about an extramarital affair, which Yuichiro Tamaki admitted to after news of it broke in November.

Yuichiro Tamaki said he would accept the decision made by party, but ruled out stepping down as leader.

On 4 March 2025, Yuichiro Tamaki resumed his role as a party leader.

Yuichiro Tamaki is supportive of amending the constitution, as he says that not setting out the scope of the Japan Self-Defense Forces gave Abe too much authority of what they can do.

On 4 January 2023, Yuichiro Tamaki visited Ise Grand Shrine on the same day as Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and CDP leader Kenta Izumi.

In November 2024, Yuichiro Tamaki acknowledged entering into an extramarital relationship and apologized after the weekly magazine Flash reported that he was seen in hotels in Takamatsu with a local tourism ambassador.