Reiwa Shinsengumi

Reiwa Shinsengumi
れいわ新選組
Secretary-GeneralTakashi Takai
Co-leadersTaro Yamamoto
Akiko Oishi
Mari Kushibuchi
FounderTaro Yamamoto
Founded1 April 2019 (2019-04-01)
Split fromLiberal Party
Headquarters1F, Akasaka-Kōei Bldg. 3-2-6 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo
IdeologyProgressivism
Left-wing populism
Political positionLeft-wing[1]
Colors  Pink[2][3]
Slogan「日本を守る」とは、「あなたを守る」ことから始まる
Nihon wo mamoru to ha anata wo mamoru kotokara hajimaru
("Protecting Japan starts with protecting you")[4]
Councillors
5 / 248
Representatives
9 / 465
Prefectural assembly members
0 / 2,644
Municipal assembly members[5]
54 / 29,135
Website
reiwa-shinsengumi.com

Reiwa Shinsengumi (Japanese: れいわ新選組) is a progressive[6][7] and left-wing populist[8][9] political party in Japan founded by actor-turned-politician Taro Yamamoto in April 2019. The party was formed by left-wing members of the Liberal Party who opposed its merger with the Democratic Party for the People.[10] The party won more than 4% of the vote after contesting the House of Councilors election in July 2019, gaining two seats only about three and a half months after the formation of the party.[11]

  1. ^
    • Thisanka Siripala (6 August 2019). "Japan's Upper House Election Results A Win for Diversity". The Diplomat. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
    • Daisuke Minami (2 August 2019). "Is Populism Finally Coming to Japan?". The Japan Times. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
    • "Japan's first severely disabled lawmakers join parliament". BBC News. 1 August 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  2. ^ 色もいろいろ東京都知事選 候補者が「イメージカラー」に込めた思いは [In the Tokyo gubernatorial election, candidates express their intentions through their chosen "image colors"]. Tokyo Shimbun (in Japanese). 26 June 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020. "ピンクをイメージカラーにするのは、れいわ新選組代表の山本太郎さん ... 2019年の結党以来、党のロゴにも使い続ける。" [Reiwa Shinsengumi's leader, Taro Yamamoto, chooses pink as their signature color ... they have been using it consistently in the party's logo since its founding in 2019.]
  3. ^ 【野党ウオッチ】異色の戦法「れいわ新選組」際立つパフォーマンス. The Sankei News (in Japanese). 20 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2020. 会場の広場にはれいわ新選組のシンボルカラーであるピンクの幟(のぼり)が林立し、...
  4. ^ "れいわ新選組のチラシ" (in Japanese). れいわ新選組. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  5. ^ "地方公共団体の議会の議員及び長の所属党派別人員調等(令和5年12月31日現在)" (PDF). 総務省. 10 April 2024.
  6. ^ Robert J. Pekkanen; Steven R. Reed; Daniel M. Smith, eds. (2023). Japan Decides 2021: The Japanese General Election. Springer Nature. p. 65. ISBN 9783031113246. Reiwa Shinsengumi is usually viewed as a progressive populist party.
  7. ^ Brasor, Philip (20 July 2019). "Citizen campaigns seek to increase voter turnout in Upper House election". The Japan Times. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
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  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference Minami was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ "山本太郎氏「れいわ新選組」設立 「この国の人々、お守りいたす」". The Sankei News (in Japanese). 10 April 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  11. ^ 「れいわ新選組」山本太郎氏が立ち上げ 野党結集が狙い. Asahi Shimbun Digital (in Japanese). 11 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.