Tsuyoshi KUSAMA
Member of the House of Representatives JAPAN
<Biography>
Born January 16, 1982, in Totsuka Ward, Yokohama City. Both parents were teachers.
Played Little League baseball in elementary school. Head of the brass band at Yokohama Municipal Toyoda Junior High School.
Attended Kanagawa Prefectural Yokohama Hiranuma High School (cheerleading captain, judo club), Aoyama Gakuin University Faculty of Law (American football team), and completed graduate studies at Waseda University Graduate School of Public Management.
In 2006, joined the Waseda University Manifesto Research Institute (directed by former Mie Prefecture Governor Masayasu Kitagawa), served as the institute's secretary-general, and then as the chief secretary to Senator Shinobu Kandori. In 2011, succeeded former Speaker Sumio Okubo and was first elected to the Yokohama City Council (at age 29, youngest member of the council, youngest ever from the Liberal Democratic Party in city council history, and subsequently served three consecutive terms).
In 2023, did not run for a fourth term on the city council, instead opting to pursue national politics. Appointed head of the Liberal Democratic Party's Kanagawa 19th District branch.
November 2024: First elected to the House of Representatives in the 50th general election (only 7 Liberal Democratic Party newcomers elected in single-member constituencies nationwide).
Appointed Vice-Chair of three LDP committees: Foreign Affairs, National Defense, and Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
Appointed Secretary-General of three secretaries-general, including Secretary-General of the Special Committee for the Promotion of the 2027 International Horticultural Exposition, and 20 deputy director-general positions.
February 2026: Re-elected to the House of Representatives for a second term in the 51st general election.
Also serves as a Visiting Researcher at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, and a Visiting Researcher at the Pacific Forum, among other positions.
<House of Representatives>
Member, Health, Labour and Welfare Committee
Member, Special Committee on Abduction Issues by North Korea
<Liberal Democratic Party>
Vice-Chairman, National Defense Division
Vice-Chairman, Foreign Affairs Division
Vice-Chairman, Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Division
Secretary-General, Special Committee for the Promotion of the 2027 Yokohama International Horticultural Exposition (Flower Expo)
Secretary-General, International Cooperation Research Council/TICAD Project Team
Secretary-General, Sports Business Subcommittee, Sports Nation Research Council
Deputy Secretary-General, Political Reform Headquarters
Deputy Secretary-General, Environment and Climate Change Countermeasures Research Council
Secretary, Cultural Nation Research Council
Deputy Secretary-General, International Cooperation Research Council
Deputy Secretary-General, Education Nation Research Council
Deputy Secretary-General, Special Committee on Territorial Issues
Deputy Secretary-General, Special Committee on Disaster Countermeasures
Deputy Secretary-General, Japan Growth Strategy Headquarters
Deputy Secretary-General, College of Technology Subcommittee
Deputy Secretary-General, Digital Society Promotion Headquarters
Motorcycle Issue Countermeasures Project Team Deputy Secretary-General
Deputy Secretary-General, Election System Research Council, "Project Team for Realizing Lowering the Candidacy Age"
Deputy Secretary-General, Information and Communications Strategy Research Council, "Subcommittee on Countermeasures against Online Defamation and Misinformation"
Member, Judicial System Research Council, PT for Further Promotion of Protection and Support for Crime Victims
Drafting Committee Member, LDP New Vision Formulation Headquarters for Connecting Freedom and Democracy to the Next Generation
Deputy Secretary-General, Parliamentary League for Fundamentally Promoting the Construction of the Next Generation Defense Industry and the Transfer of Overseas Equipment
Secretary, Parliamentary League for the Promotion of the Sharing Economy
Deputy Secretary-General, Parliamentary League for the Promotion of Motorsports
Deputy Secretary-General, Parliamentary League for the Promotion of a Hydrogen Society
Deputy Secretary-General, Japan-Tunisia Friendship Parliamentary League
Youth Bureau, Deputy Director
Public Relations Headquarters, Public Relations Strategy Bureau, Deputy Director
Organization and Movement Headquarters, Local Organizations and Legislators Bureau, Deputy Director
Organization and Movement Headquarters, Welfare-Related Organizations Committee, Vice-Chairperson
Organization and Movement Headquarters, Environmental-Related Organizations Committee, Vice-Chairperson
Organization and Movement Headquarters, Security-Related Organizations Committee, Vice-Chairperson
Yokohama City Branch Federation Special Advisor
Vice Chairman, Kawasaki City Branch Federation
<Community Roles>
Self-Defense Forces Recruitment Counselor (2011-)
Advisor, Kawasaki City Children's Baseball Federation
Vice-Chairman, Boy Scout Yokohama Troop 132
Advisor, Tsuzuki Ward Youth Baseball Federation
Advisor, Tsuzuki Ward Table Tennis Association
Member, Yokohama Lions Club
Senior Member, Yokohama Junior Chamber International
Former Part-time Lecturer, Kanto Gakuin University
