Kensaku Morita

Kensaku Morita
森田 健作
Official portrait, 2009
Governor of Chiba Prefecture
In office
5 April 2009  4 April 2021
Preceded byAkiko Dōmoto
Succeeded byToshihito Kumagai
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
1998–2003
Preceded byShokei Arai
Succeeded byKazuyoshi Nakanishi
ConstituencyTokyo 4th
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
1992  17 March 1998
Preceded byTetsuo Tanabe
Succeeded byMiyo Inoue
ConstituencyTokyo at-large
Personal details
Born
鈴木 栄治 (Suzuki Eiji)

(1949-12-16) 16 December 1949
Ōta, Tokyo, Japan
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
Democratic Socialist
Liberal Democratic
Alma materMeiji Gakuin University

Kensaku Morita (森田 健作, Morita Kensaku; born: 16 December 1949; birth name: 鈴木 栄治 Eiji Suzuki) is a retired Japanese politician, actor and singer. He was elected as the Governor of Chiba Prefecture in March 2009 to April 2021 and re-elected to a second term in March 2013.