Hidekazu Takayama

Hidekazu Takayama
Takayama in April 2013
Federal Deputy for Paraná
In office 1 February 2003 – 31 January 2019
State representative for Paraná
In office 1 February 1996 – 31 December 2003
Councilor of Curitiba
In office 1 January 1989 – 31 January 1993
Personal details
Born	(1948-03-20) 20 March 1948 Rolândia, Paraná, Brazil
Political party	PSC
Other political affiliations	PAN

Hidekazu Takayama (born 20 March 1948) is a Brazilian politician and pastor from Rolândia, having served as city councilor and state representative.

Early life

Takayama was born to Antonio Izami Takayama and Maria Schizuka, and is a third-generation Japanese Brazilian. He is a pastor of the Assembleias de Deus church.

Political career

In 2015 Takayama had to be hospitalized with an edema in his right eye and a cut in his mouth after he was punched by the driver of Delcídio Amaral at the entrance of parliament. According to reports, Amaral's vehicle was blocking the entrance, to which Takayama and his companions confronted his driver, who after being manhandled responded by forcefully punching Takayama.

Takayama voted in favor of the impeachment against then-president Dilma Rousseff. However, Takayama would later back Rousseff's successor Michel Temer against a similar motion.

In April 2017 Takayama replaced João Campos as leader of the union of evangelical politicians in the Brazilian legislature, which campaigns for the conservative evangelical stances on issues, most notably opposition to same-sex marriage and unions.