Ayako Fuchigami

Ayako Fuchigami
渕上 綾子
Ayako in 2023
Member of the Hokkaido Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
30 April 2019
ConstituencyHigashi-ku, Sapporo
Personal details
Born (1975-01-16) 16 January 1975 (age 51)
Ogi, Saga, Japan
PartyConstitutional Democratic
EducationUniversity of Toyama
Hokkaido University
Websitehttp://fuchigamiayako.jp/

Ayako Fuchigami (Japanese: 渕上 綾子, Hepburn: Fuchigami Ayako; born 16 January 1975) is Japanese politician serving as a member of the Hokkaido Legislative Assembly, representing Sapporo's Higashi-ku ward. She is the first openly transgender person to hold a prefectural assembly position in Japan.

Life

Fuchigami in 2021.
Fuchigami in 2021.

Fuchigami was born in Ogi, Saga Prefecture, on 16 January 1975. In March 1993, she graduated from the Ogi Prefectural High School.

Fuchigami became a show dancer in 2001, and later, in 2006, she legally changed her name.

She was endorsed by the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan during the 2019 Hokkaido prefectural election, and won a seat, taking office officially on April 30.

On January 18, 2020, she was invited to speak in Saga city, by the teachers union.

During the 2023 Hokkaido prefectural election, she won with 24,986 votes, and is the incumbent representative of Higashi-ku, Sapporo. This is more than in 2019 when she gained 18,372 votes.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 渕上 綾子. 立憲民主党 北海道連合. 立憲民主党. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  2. ↑ 立憲民主党 北海道連合
  3. ↑ "Japan's first transgender prefectural assembly member elected in Hokkaido". Mainichi Shimbun. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  4. ↑ [. http://www.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/_/hs/H31 touitsu/senkyokouhou/dougi_sapporohigashiku .pdf Hokkaido Assembly Election, Sapporo Higashi Ward, Sapporo City, Hokkaido, Official Election Report] [dead link]
  5. 1 2 "「LGBT活躍社会のために」北海道議当選のトランスジェンダー渕上綾子さんが抱負". 毎日新聞 (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  6. ↑ "LGBT「多様性理解の教育を」 北海道議・渕上綾子さん、経験踏まえ講演 小城市出身 | まちの話題,行政・社会 | 佐賀県のニュース". 佐賀新聞 (in Japanese). 12 May 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
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  8. ↑ "北海道議会議員選挙 - 2023年04月09日投票 | 北海道". 選挙ドットコム (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  9. ↑ "北海道議会議員選挙 - 2019年04月07日投票 | 北海道". 選挙ドットコム (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 May 2025.