Mai Ohara (小原 舞, Ohara Mai, born July 10, 1974) is a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives of Japan.[1]

Mai Ohara
Member of the House of Representatives of Japan
In office
August 30, 2009 – November 16, 2012
ConstituencyKyoto 5th district
Member of the Kyoto Prefectural Assembly
Assumed office
2015
ConstituencyMaizuru
Personal details
Born (1974-07-10) July 10, 1974 (age 49)
Maizuru, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party of Japan; later independent
Alma materKwansei Gakuin University
Kyoto University
Websitehttp://oharamai.jp
Military service
AllegianceJapan
Branch/serviceJapan Maritime Self-Defense Force

Biography edit

Born in Maizuru, Ohara joined the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force after graduating from high school, and graduated from Kwansei Gakuin University in 1999. She earned a master's degree from Kyoto University in 2007.[1]

In 2009, she was elected to the House of Representatives as a Liberal Democratic Party representative of Kyoto 5th district.[1] On June 26, 2012, during a vote on social security and integrated tax reform legislation, she was one of eleven representatives who urged Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to vote against the opposing Democratic Party representatives.[2]

In 2015, she was elected to the Kyoto Prefectural Assembly for Maizuru; she is the assembly's first female member to represent that constituency.[1] In 2019, she placed second place in the election with 0,836, with Masayoshi Ikeda ahead of her.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Profile of Mai Ohara". oharamai.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 4 March 2013.
  2. ^ "民主党:亀裂は深まるばかり 処分問題が本格化も". Mainichi Shimbun. July 10, 2012. Archived from the original on July 1, 2012. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  3. ^ "????" (PDF). pref.kyoto.jp (in Japanese).