Takeharu Yamanaka
Takeharu Yamanaka | |
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山中 竹春 | |
Yamanaka in 2024 | |
| Mayor of Yokohama | |
| Assumed office 30 August 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Fumiko Hayashi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 27, 1972 Chichibu, Saitama, Japan |
| Political party | Independent |
| Alma mater | Waseda University (Ph.D.) |
| Occupation | Data scientist, Professor at Yokohama City University School of Medicine |
| Website | Takeharu Yamanaka OFFICIAL WEB SITE |
Takeharu Yamanaka (山中 竹春, Yamanaka Takeharu; born 27 September 1972) is a Japanese politician and current mayor of Yokohama, the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture. He defeated incumbent mayor Fumiko Hayashi in the 2021 Yokohama mayoral election. His independent campaign was supported by the Constitutional Democratic Party, Social Democratic Party, and the Communist Party of Japan. Yamanaka's campaign focused on the opposition for a planned integrated resort development and casino for the city which was to be built on Yamashita Pier, criticism against the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and additional sister city relationship with San Francisco, California.
Yamanaka formerly worked as a professor at Yokohama City University and as a data scientist.