Issei Kitagawa

Issei Kitagawa
北川 イッセイ
Kitagawa in 2013
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
26 July 2004  25 July 2016
Preceded byKiyoshi Nishikawa
Succeeded byRui Matsukawa
ConstituencyOsaka at-large
Member of the Osaka Prefectural Assembly
In office
1991–2004
ConstituencyHigashiōsaka City
Personal details
Born(1942-12-01)1 December 1942
Higashiōsaka, Osaka, Japan
Died7 September 2021(2021-09-07) (aged 78)
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Alma materKansai University

Issei Kitagawa (北川 一成, Kitagawa Issei; December 1, 1942 in Higashiōsaka – September 7, 2021) was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A graduate of Kansai University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2004 after serving in the assembly of Osaka Prefecture for four terms.