Taku Yamazoe

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Taku Yamazoe (Japanese: 山添 拓, born 20 November 1984, Muko, Kyoto^[1]) is a member of the Japanese Communist Party serving as member of the House of Councillors from Tokyo, where he was elected with 10.7% of the vote in 2016. He was educated at the University of Tokyo and at Waseda Law School, in 2007 and 2010 respectively. In 2010, he passed the National Bar Examination and became a lawyer in 2011.^[2] During his time as a lawyer, he represented workers that worked at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.^[3] Yamazoe is a supporter of LGBT rights.^[4]