Toranosuke Katayama

Toranosuke Katayama
片山 虎之助
Katayama in 2021
President of Nippon Ishin no Kai
In office
23 August 2016 – 26 November 2021
Serving with Ichirō Matsui
Preceded byTōru Hashimoto
Succeeded byNobuyuki Baba
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
In office
6 January 2001 – 22 September 2003
Prime MinisterYoshirō Mori
Junichiro Koizumi
Preceded byOffice Established
Succeeded byTarō Asō
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
In office
5 December 2000 – 6 January 2001
Prime MinisterYoshirō Mori
Preceded byKozo Hirabayashi
Succeeded byOffice Abolished
Minister of Home Affairs
In office
5 December 2000 – 6 January 2001
Prime MinisterYoshirō Mori
Preceded byTsukasa Nishida
Succeeded byOffice Abolished
Commissioner of the Management and Coordinationn Agency
In office
5 December 2000 – 6 January 2001
Prime MinisterYoshirō Mori
Preceded byKunihiro Tsuzuki
Succeeded byOffice Abolished
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
26 July 2010 – 25 July 2022
ConstituencyNational PR
In office
24 July 1989 – 28 July 2007
Preceded byMutsuo Kimura
Succeeded byYumiko Himei
ConstituencyOkayama at-large
Personal details
Born (1935-08-02) 2 August 1935 (age 89)
Kasaoka, Okayama, Japan
Political partyNippon Ishin no Kai
Other political
affiliations
LDP (1989–2010)
SP (2010–2012)
JRP (2012–2014)
JIP (2014–2015)
RelationsYoshinobu Ishikawa (brother-in-law)
ChildrenDaisuke Katayama
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo (L.L.B.)

Toranosuke Katayama (片山 虎之助, Katayama Toranosuke, born 2 August 1935) is a Japanese politician who has held multiple different cabinet posts. He is a former member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), and was co-president of Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japanese: Japan Restoration Party; JPR) alongside Ichirō Matsui from 2016 to 2021.