Kuniko Tanioka

Kuniko Tanioka
谷岡 郁子
Tanioka in 2008
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
29 July 2007  25 July 2013
Preceded byTamotsu Yamamoto
Succeeded byMichiyo Yakushiji
ConstituencyAichi at-large
Personal details
Born (1954-05-01) 1 May 1954
Abeno, Osaka, Japan
Political partyGreen Wind (2012–2013)
Other political
affiliations
Democratic (2007–2012)
Alma materKobe Design University

Kuniko Tanioka (谷岡 郁子, Tanioka Kuniko; born 1954) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Osaka Prefecture, she graduated from the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada and gained a bachelor's degree in developmental biology. She was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2007. She is president of Shigakkan University.