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Ayako Fuchigami | |
|---|---|
渕上 綾子 | |
 Ayako in 2023 | |
| Member of the Hokkaido Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 30 April 2019 | |
| Constituency | Higashi-ku, Sapporo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 January 1975[1] Ogi, Saga, Japan |
| Party | Constitutional Democratic |
| Alma mater | University of Toyama Hokkaido University |
| Website | http://fuchigamiayako.jp/ |
Ayako Fuchigami (Japanese: 渕上 綾子, Hepburn: Fuchigami Ayako; born 16 January 1975)[2] is a member of the Hokkaido Legislative Assembly, representing Sapporo's Higashi-ku ward. She is the first openly transgender person to hold a prefectural assembly position in Japan.[3]
Life
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Fuchigami was born in Ogi, Saga Prefecture, on 16 January 1975. In March 1993, she graduated from the Ogi Prefectural High School.[4]
Fuchigami became a show dancer in 2001, and later, in 2006, she legally changed her name.[5]
She was endorsed by the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan during the 2019 Hokkaido prefectural election, and won a seat, taking office officially on April 30.[5]
On January 18, 2020, she was invited to speak in Saga city, by the teachers union.[6]
During the 2023 Hokkaido prefectural election, she won with 24,986 votes, and is the incumbent representative of Higashi-ku, Sapporo.[7][8] This is more than in 2019 when she gained 18,372 votes.[7][9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 渕上 綾子. 立憲民主党 北海道連合. 立憲民主党. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ↑ 立憲民主党 北海道連合
- ↑ "Japan's first transgender prefectural assembly member elected in Hokkaido". Mainichi Shimbun. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ↑ [. http://www.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/_/hs/H31 touitsu/senkyokouhou/dougi_sapporohigashiku .pdf Hokkaido Assembly Election, Sapporo Higashi Ward, Sapporo City, Hokkaido, Official Election Report] [dead link]
- 1 2 "「LGBT活躍社会のために」北海道議当選のトランスジェンダー渕上綾子さんが抱負". 毎日新聞 (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ↑ "LGBT「多様性理解の教育を」 北海道議・渕上綾子さん、経験踏まえ講演 小城市出身 | まちの話題,行政・社会 | 佐賀県のニュース". 佐賀新聞 (in Japanese). 12 May 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- 1 2 "ふちがみ綾子（フチガミアヤコ）｜政治家情報｜選挙ドットコム". 選挙ドットコム (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ↑ "北海道議会議員選挙 - 2023年04月09日投票 | 北海道". 選挙ドットコム (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ↑ "北海道議会議員選挙 - 2019年04月07日投票 | 北海道". 選挙ドットコム (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 May 2025.
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