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Shuhei Aoyama (politician)

Shuhei Aoyama (青山 周平, Aoyama Shūhei; born 28 April 1977) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party who has served as a member of the House of Representatives for Aichi 12th district since 2026. He previously represented the district from 2012 to 2014 and also served in the House through the Tōkai proportional representation block from 2014 to 2017 and from 2019 to 2024. He has also served as State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and as Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.[1][2][3]

Shuhei Aoyama
青山 周平
Aoyama in 2023
State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
In office
15 September 2023 – 14 December 2023
Prime MinisterFumio Kishida
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
In office
11 September 2019 – September 2020
Prime MinisterShinzo Abe
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 February 2026
Preceded byKazuhiko Shigetoku
ConstituencyAichi 12th
In office
5 February 2019 – 9 October 2024
Preceded bySei Ōmi
Succeeded byMulti-member district
ConstituencyTōkai PR
In office
18 December 2012 – 28 September 2017
Preceded byYasuhiro Nakane
Succeeded byMulti-member district
ConstituencyAichi 12th (2012–2014)
Tōkai PR (2014–2017)
Personal details
Born (1977-04-28) 28 April 1977 (age 49)
Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
PartyLiberal Democratic
Children4
Hosei University
Websiteaoyama-shuhei.jp

Early life and education

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Aoyama was born in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, on 28 April 1977, the eldest son of the Aoyama family.[4] According to his official profile, he graduated from Okazaki Municipal Fukuoka Elementary School in 1990, Okazaki Municipal Fukuoka Junior High School in 1993, Aichi Prefectural Okazaki High School in 1996, and the Faculty of Social Sciences of Hosei University in 2000.[5][6]

In childhood and youth, Aoyama was active in sport. His official profile states that he joined the Okazaki Rugby School when he was in the second year of elementary school, played baseball and long-distance relay running in junior high school, and captained the rugby team at Okazaki High School.[7]

Political career

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After graduating from university, Aoyama joined JR Takashimaya in 2000. In 2001 he entered the educational corporation Aoyama Gakuen, where he later served in posts including kindergarten principal and administrative director.[8][9] He became interested in politics through the political seminar group Poseya organised by former justice minister Masaharu Sugiura, and later studied at the LDP-affiliated Aichi Political Academy.[10][11]

Following Sugiura's retirement from national politics, Aoyama stood in the Liberal Democratic Party's 2011 open recruitment for the party branch leadership in Aichi 12th district and was appointed branch chief.[12] He was first elected to the House of Representatives at the 2012 general election from Aichi 12th district.[13] He was re-elected in 2014 through the Tōkai proportional representation block, but lost his seat at the 2017 general election despite receiving more than 100,000 votes in the district.[14]

Aoyama returned to the House in February 2019 by proportional replacement after Tadahiko Ōmi automatically lost his seat by standing in the Anjō mayoral election.[15][16] In September 2019 he was appointed Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, concurrently serving as Parliamentary Vice-Minister in the Cabinet Office and for Reconstruction in the fourth Abe cabinet (second reshuffle).[17][18]

He won a fourth term at the 2021 general election through the Tōkai proportional block, and in September 2023 was appointed State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in the second reshuffled Second Kishida Cabinet.[19][20] He lost his seat at the 2024 general election, but returned to the House at the 2026 general election by winning Aichi 12th district, his fifth overall term.[21][22][23]

Personal life

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Aoyama married a classmate from his high school days in 2001.[24] His official profile states that he and his wife have four children—three sons and one daughter—and live in an eight-member household.[25]

An interview published by Go2senkyo states that his father is Akio Aoyama, a former Okazaki city councillor and six-term member of the Aichi Prefectural Assembly.[26] Aoyama has also described rugby as central to his outlook, citing the sport's ethic of one for all, all for one as an influence on his politics.[27]

References

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  1. ↑ "衆議院議員 青山 周平（あおやま しゅうへい）". 自由民主党 (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "プロフィール". あおやま周平 公式ホームページ (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "文部科学副大臣 青山 周平 (あおやま しゅうへい)". 首相官邸 (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  4. ↑ "プロフィール". あおやま周平 公式ホームページ (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "プロフィール". あおやま周平 公式ホームページ (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  6. ↑ "文部科学副大臣 青山 周平 (あおやま しゅうへい)". 首相官邸 (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  7. ↑ "プロフィール". あおやま周平 公式ホームページ (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  8. ↑ "プロフィール". あおやま周平 公式ホームページ (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  9. ↑ "衆議院議員 青山周平氏 インタビュー". 選挙ドットコム (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  10. ↑ "プロフィール". あおやま周平 公式ホームページ (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  11. ↑ "衆議院議員 青山周平氏 インタビュー". 選挙ドットコム (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  12. ↑ "プロフィール". あおやま周平 公式ホームページ (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  13. ↑ "愛知12区 - 第46回衆議院議員選挙". 選挙ドットコム (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  14. ↑ "プロフィール". あおやま周平 公式ホームページ (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  15. ↑ "議事経過 第198回国会(平成31年2月5日)". 衆議院 (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  16. ↑ "安城市長選が告示 現新3氏が立候補、2月3日投票". 政治山 (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  17. ↑ "第4次安倍第2次改造内閣 大臣政務官名簿". 首相官邸 (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  18. ↑ "文部科学副大臣 青山 周平 (あおやま しゅうへい)". 首相官邸 (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  19. ↑ "プロフィール". あおやま周平 公式ホームページ (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  20. ↑ "文部科学副大臣 青山 周平 (あおやま しゅうへい)". 首相官邸 (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  21. ↑ "三つ巴の戦いに…衆院選『愛知12区』中道の前職・重徳氏に自民の元職・青山氏ら 争点は"裏金"と"物価高"". FNNプライムオンライン (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  22. ↑ "【衆議院選挙】愛知12区 青山周平氏（自民）に当選確実". CBC News / TBS NEWS DIG (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  23. ↑ "衆議院議員 青山 周平（あおやま しゅうへい）". 自由民主党 (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  24. ↑ "プロフィール". あおやま周平 公式ホームページ (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  25. ↑ "プロフィール". あおやま周平 公式ホームページ (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  26. ↑ "衆議院議員 青山周平氏 インタビュー". 選挙ドットコム (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  27. ↑ "衆議院議員 青山周平氏 インタビュー". 選挙ドットコム (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
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