Satoshi Arai

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Japanese. (February 2018) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the Japanese article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Japanese Wikipedia article at [[:ja:荒井聰]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|ja|荒井聰}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Satoshi Arai
荒井 聰
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 31 August 2009 – 31 October 2021
Preceded by	Gaku Ishizaki
Succeeded by	Hirohisa Takagi
Constituency	Hokkaido-3rd (2009–2012, 2017–2021) Hokkaido PR (2012–2017)
In office 25 June 2000 – 16 March 2007
Preceded by	Gaku Ishizaki
Constituency	Hokkaido PR (2005–2007) Hokkaido-3rd (2000–2005)
In office 18 July 1993 – 27 September 1996
Constituency	Hokkaido 1st MMD
Minister of State
In office June 8, 2010 (2010-06-08) – September 17, 2010 (2010-09-17)
Personal details
Born	(1946-05-27) 27 May 1946 (age 78) Tōbetsu, Hokkaido, Japan
Political party	CDP
Other political affiliations	DP (2016–2017, split) DPJ (1996–2016, merger) NPS (1994–1996) JNP (1993–1994)
Alma mater	University of Tokyo
Website	Official website

Satoshi Arai (荒井 聰, Arai Satoshi, born 27 May 1946) is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and a former member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).^[1]