Yukishige Okubo

Yukishige Okubo
大久保 潔重
Mayor of Isahaya
Assumed office
10 April 2021
Preceded byAkio Miyamoto
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
29 July 2007  28 July 2013
Preceded byTadashi Taura
Succeeded byYūichirō Koga
ConstituencyNagasaki at-large
Member of the Nagasaki Prefectural Assembly
In office
2015–2021
ConstituencyIsahaya City
In office
2006–2007
ConstituencyIsahaya City
In office
2003–2005
ConstituencyIsahaya City
Personal details
Born (1966-03-12) 12 March 1966
Isahaya, Nagasaki, Japan
Political partyIndependent
(2003–2005; 2015–present)
Other political
affiliations
Democratic (2005–2015)
Alma materNagasaki University School of Dentistry
ProfessionDentist

Yukishige Okubo (大久保 潔重, Ōkubo Yukishige; born March 12, 1966) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a fmember of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Isahaya, Nagasaki and graduate of Nagasaki University, he had served in the assembly of Nagasaki Prefecture since 2003. After running unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 2005, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2007.