2023 Osaka Prefecture gubernatorial election

The 2023 Osaka Prefecture Gubernatorial election is scheduled to be held on 9 April 2023 as part of the 20th unified local elections.[1] Incumbent Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura is running for re-election to a second term in office.

2023 Osaka gubernatorial election
9 April 2023
Incumbent Governor of Osaka Prefecture

Hirofumi Yoshimura
Restoration


Date of Public Notice / Date of Execution/Other info[2]

Date of Official Announcement: 23 March 2023

Election Date: 9 April 2023

To be held in conjunction with elections for the Osaka City Assembly, and the Osaka Prefectural Gubernatorial and Prefectural Assembly.

Other Osaka Elections on 9 April

Osaka Prefectural Assembly, Osaka City Mayoral, Osaka City Council, Sakai City Council

Declared Candidates
Name Age Affiliation Occupation/Office
Yoshimura Hirofumi

(incumbent)

 47 Osaka Restoration Association[3](Ishin no Kai) Governor of Osaka Prefecture (incumbent)

Former Mayor of Osaka City Former member of the House of Representatives Representative of Osaka Restoration Association

Tatsumi Kotaro 46 Independent

Supported by Japan Communist Party[3]

 Former member of the House of Councillors

Central Committee Member of the Japanese Communist Party

Taniguchi Mayumi 47 Independent

Supported by "Update Osaka"[4]

 Legal Scholar

Visiting associate professor, Osaka University of Arts

Yoshino Toshiaki 55 Sanseito (Do-it-Yourself Party) Dentist

Political advisor to Sanseito

Inagaki Hideya 53 Shinto Kunimori (New Party Kunimori) Writer
Sato Sayaka 34 Seijika Joshi 48 (Political Women 48) Pharmacist

Timeline

2022.
  • December 20 - Incumbent Yoshimura announces his candidacy for re-election at a meeting of the Osaka Restoration Association [1]

2023.
  • January 7 - The "Association for Creating a Bright Democratic Osaka Prefecture", a citizens' group formed by the Japanese Communist Party and labor unions, announces that it will endorse Kotaro Tatsumi, a former member of the House of Councillors from the Japanese Communist Party. It was also announced that the JCP intends to endorse him. On the same day, Tatsumi announced his candidacy at a press conference.[1]
  • February 5 - It was reported that the political group "Update Osaka" planned to endorse Mayumi Taniguchi, a law scholar and visiting associate professor at Osaka University of Arts. On February 8, Taniguchi officially announced her candidacy [1]
  • February 21 - It was reported that the NHK Party was working on the candidacy of Sayaka Sato, a pharmacist [5]
  • February 24 - The Sangen Party announced the candidacy of Toshiaki Yoshino, a dentist[6]
  • February 27 - The political group New Party Kumori announced the candidacy of Hideya Inagaki, a writer
  • February 27 - The NHK party announced that it would endorse Sato, but rescinded its endorsement of Sato the following day on February 28
  • March 7 - Sato officially announced her candidacy at a press conference; on March 9, the Political Women 48 Party (formerly the NHK Party) announced it would endorse Sato [7]

References
  1. Shimbun, The Yomiuri (2023-03-09). "980 Races Expected in Japan's Upcoming Local Elections". japannews.yomiuri.co.jp. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  2. "大阪府知事の選挙一覧 ｜ 選挙ドットコム". 選挙ドットコム (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  3. Shimbun, The Yomiuri (2023-01-15). "LDP to Field Own Candidates to Take on Ishin for Osaka Governor, Mayor in April". japannews.yomiuri.co.jp. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  4. "2 Bid to Challenge Osaka Ishin in Governor, Mayor Races". nippon.com. 2023-02-08. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  5. INC, SANKEI DIGITAL (2023-02-21). "Ｎ党、大阪府知事選に３４歳女性薬剤師を擁立へ". 産経ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  6. "「大阪から日本を取り戻す」参政党の吉野敏明氏 大阪知事選出馬表明". 毎日新聞 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  7. INC, SANKEI DIGITAL (2023-03-07). "薬剤師の佐藤氏が出馬会見 大阪府知事選で６人目". 産経ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-03-14.
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