Shunichi Yamaguchi

Shunichi Yamaguchi
Shunichi Yamaguchi
山口俊一
	Official portrait, 2008
Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety
	In office; 24 December 2014 – 7 October 2015
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Haruko Arimura
Succeeded by	Taro Kono
Member of the House of Representatives; from Tokushima;
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 19 February 1990
Preceded by	Takeo Miki
Constituency	At-large district (1990–1996); 2nd district (1996–2009); Shikoku PR (2009–2012); 2nd district (2012–present)
Member of the Tokushima Prefectural Assembly
	In office; 30 April 1975 – February 1990
Personal details
Born	28 February 1950 (age 76); Ikeda, Tokushima, Japan
Party	Liberal Democratic; (Shikōkai)
Alma mater	Aoyama Gakuin University; Paris IV University
Website	Official website

Shunichi Yamaguchi (山口俊一, Yamaguchi Shun'ichi; born 28 February 1950) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).

Biography

After graduating from Aoyama Gakuin University, Yamaguchi went to Paris to study at Paris IV University. During his stay there, he resolved to contribute to Japan as a politician. Yamaguchi was elected to the first of his four terms in the assembly of Tokushima Prefecture in 1975 and then to the House of Representatives of Japan for the first time in 1990.

In February 2026, Yamaguchi became chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration in the House of Representatives.^[1]

Yamaguchi is affiliated with the conservative organization Nippon Kaigi.^[2]