Masako Ōkawara

Masako Ōkawara
大河原 雅子
Ōkawara in 2024
Member of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
27 October 2017
Preceded byMulti-member district
ConstituencyNorthern Kanto PR (2017–2021)
Tokyo PR (2021–2024)
Tokyo 21st (2024–present)
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
29 July 2007  28 July 2013
Preceded bySanzō Hosaka
Succeeded byTamayo Marukawa
ConstituencyTokyo at-large
Member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
In office
1999–2005
ConstituencySetagaya Ward
In office
1993–1997
ConstituencySetagaya Ward
Personal details
Born (1953-04-08) 8 April 1953
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Political partyCDP (since 2017)
Other political
affiliations
Alma materInternational Christian University
WebsiteOfficial website

Masako Ōkawara (大河原 雅子, born 8 April 1953) is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture and 1977 graduate of International Christian University, she had served in the assembly of Tokyo for three terms (10 years) since 1993. She was a member of the House of Councillors between 2007 and 2013.