Ayako Fuchigami

Ayako Fuchigami (渕上 綾子, Fuchigami Ayako, born January 16, 1975)[2] is a member of the Hokkaido Legislative Assembly, representing Sapporo's Higashi-ku ward. She is notable for being the first openly trans person to hold a prefectural assembly position in Japan.[3]

Ayako Fuchigami
Personal details
Born16 January 1975[1]
Ogi, Saga Prefecture, Japan
Political partyConstitutional Democratic Party of Japan

Life

Fuchigami was born in Ogi, Saga Prefecture, on 16 January 1975. In March 1993, she graduated from the Ogi Prefectural High School.[4]

Fuchigami was elected to the post she now occupies in April 2019.

See also

References
  1. 渕上 綾子. 立憲民主党 北海道連合. 立憲民主党. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  2. 立憲民主党 北海道連合
  3. "Japan's first transgender prefectural assembly member elected in Hokkaido". Mainichi Shimbun. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  4. [. 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]
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