Azuma Konno

Azuma Konno
今野 東
Official portrait, 2012
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
2007  4 December 2012
ConstituencyNational PR
House of Representatives
In office
2000  28 April 2005
Preceded byKazuo Aichi
Succeeded byTōru Doi
ConstituencyMiyagi 1st
Personal details
Born(1942-12-17)17 December 1942
Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Died24 April 2013(2013-04-24) (aged 70)
Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materMeiji Gakuin University

Azuma Konno (今野 東, Konno Azuma; December 17, 1947 – April 24, 2013) was a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, who served as a member of the House of Councillors and the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).

A native of Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture and graduate of Meiji Gakuin University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2007 after serving in the House of Representatives for two terms.