Hodaka Maruyama

Hodaka Maruyama
丸山 穂高
Deputy Leader of The Party to Protect the People from NHK
Assumed office
August 1, 2019
Preceded byPosition established
Member of the House of Representatives for Osaka 19th district
In office
December 18, 2012 – October 14, 2021
Preceded byTakashi Nagayasu
Succeeded byNobuhisa Itō
Personal details
Born (1984-01-10) January 10, 1984 (age 40)
Sakai, Osaka, Japan
Political partyN-Koku (2019–present)
Other political
affiliations
Nippon Ishin no Kai (2012–2019)
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo (BEc)
Occupationcivil servant, politician

Hodaka Maruyama (丸山 穂高, Maruyama Hodaka, born on January 10, 1984) is a Japanese politician who was elected to the House of Representatives in 2012 as a member of Nippon Ishin no Kai.[1][failed verification] He was forced out of the party in 2019 after making remarks suggesting the need for Japan to wage war with Russia, and joined The Party to Protect the People from NHK.[2]

  1. ^ トップ [Home]. 丸山ほだか公式HP [Hodaka Maruyama's Official Website] (in Japanese). Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  2. ^ "Japan lawmaker who sparked scandal with Russia war remarks to join anti-NHK party". The Japan Times. Kyodo News. July 29, 2019. Retrieved August 4, 2019.