Toshiko Takeya
Toshiko Takeya | |
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竹谷 とし子 | |
Official portrait, 2014 | |
| Member of the House of Councillors | |
| Assumed office 26 July 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Toshio Ogawa |
| Constituency | Tokyo at-large |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 September 1969 Shibetsu, Hokkaido, Japan |
| Political party | Komeito |
| Alma mater | Sōka University |
Toshiko Takeya (竹谷とし子, Takeya Toshiko, married name 菊地とし子, Kikuchi Toshiko; born September 30, 1969) is a Japanese Senator from Tokyo and a member of Kōmeitō ("Justice Party"). She received the second highest vote share (13.2%) in the 2010 Japanese Senate election in Tokyo and succeeded Yūji Sawa as Kōmeitō Senator from Tokyo who retired after one term.