Yuko Kishida | |
|---|---|
岸田裕子 | |
 Kishida in 2023 | |
| Spouse of the Prime Minister of Japan | |
| In role 4 October 2021 – 1 October 2024 | |
| Monarch | Naruhito |
| Prime Minister | Fumio Kishida |
| Preceded by | Mariko Suga |
| Succeeded by | Yoshiko Ishiba |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Yuko Wada (和田裕子) 15 August 1964 Miyoshi, Hiroshima, Japan |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | 3 (three sons) |
| Alma mater | Tokyo Women's Christian University (BA) |
Yuko Kishida (岸田 裕子, Kishida Yūko; née Wada; born 15 August 1964) is the wife of the former Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida.
She joined Mazda to work as secretary of vice president Yoshihiro Wada in 1987 after graduating from TWCU. She married Fumio Kishida in 1988 and has three sons with him.
On 4 October 2021, she became the First Lady of Japan because her husband became the 100th Prime Minister of Japan after winning the 2021 LDP presidential election.
On 17 April 2023, Yuko Kishida traveled solo to the United States at the invitation of the First Lady, Jill Biden, making her the first spouse of a Japanese Prime Minister to have made a solo visit to the United States.
