Ayako Fuchigami
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| Born | 16 January 1975[1] Ogi, Saga Prefecture, Japan |
| Political party | Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan |
Ayako Fuchigami (渕上 綾子, Fuchigami Ayako, born 16 January 1975)[2] is a member of the Hokkaido Legislative Assembly, representing Sapporo's Higashi-ku ward. She is the first openly trans person to hold a prefectural assembly position in Japan.[3]
Life
[edit]Fuchigami was born in Ogi, Saga Prefecture, on 16 January 1975. In March 1993, she graduated from the Ogi Prefectural High School.[4]
Fuchigami was elected to the post she now occupies in April 2019.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 渕上 綾子. 立憲民主党 北海道連合. 立憲民主党. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ^ 立憲民主党 北海道連合
- ^ "Japan's first transgender prefectural assembly member elected in Hokkaido". Mainichi Shimbun. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ^ [. http://www.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/_/hs/H31 touitsu/senkyokouhou/dougi_sapporohigashiku .pdf Hokkaido Assembly Election, Sapporo Higashi Ward, Sapporo City, Hokkaido, Official Election Report] [dead link]
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