Toranosuke Katayama

Toranosuke Katayama
片山 虎之助
Katayama in 2021
President of Nippon Ishin no Kai
In office
23 August 2016  26 November 2021
Serving with Ichirō Matsui
Preceded byTōru Hashimoto
Succeeded byNobuyuki Baba
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
In office
6 January 2001  22 September 2003
Prime MinisterYoshirō Mori
Junichiro Koizumi
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byTarō Asō
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
In office
5 December 2000  6 January 2001
Prime MinisterYoshirō Mori
Preceded byKozo Hirabayashi
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Minister of Home Affairs
In office
5 December 2000  6 January 2001
Prime MinisterYoshirō Mori
Preceded byTsukasa Nishida
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Commissioner of the Management and Coordinationn Agency
In office
5 December 2000  6 January 2001
Prime MinisterYoshirō Mori
Preceded byKunihiro Tsuzuki
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
26 July 2010  25 July 2022
ConstituencyNational PR
In office
24 July 1989  28 July 2007
Preceded byMutsuo Kimura
Succeeded byYumiko Himei
ConstituencyOkayama at-large
Personal details
Born (1935-08-02) 2 August 1935
Kasaoka, Okayama, Japan
Political partyInnovation (since 2015)
Other political
affiliations
LDP (1989–2010)
SP (2010–2012)
JRP (2012–2014)
JIP (2014–2015)
RelationsYoshinobu Ishikawa (brother-in-law)
ChildrenDaisuke Katayama
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo (L.L.B.)

Toranosuke Katayama (片山 虎之助, Katayama Toranosuke; born 2 August 1935) is a Japanese politician who has held multiple different cabinet posts. He is a former member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), and was co-president of Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japanese: Japan Restoration Party; JPR) alongside Ichirō Matsui from 2016 to 2021.