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Renhō

1967 - Today

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Renhō Saitō (斉藤 蓮舫, Saitō Renhō; née Hsieh (謝), formerly Murata (村田); born 28 November 1967), known mononymously as Renhō, is a Japanese politician and former journalist who has served as a member of the House of Councillors from 2004 to 2024, and again since 2025. She was the leader of the now-defunct major opposition party, the Democratic Party from 2016 to 2017. Renhō was a candidate for the 2024 Tokyo gubernatorial election with the support of the Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP), Japanese Communist Party (JCP), and the Social Democratic Party (SDP), but was defeated by incumbent Yuriko Koike, placing third behind Shinji Ishimaru. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Renhō is the 17,672nd most popular politician (down from 17,075th in 2024), the 2,144th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,735th in 2019) and the 352nd most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Renhō ranks 17,672 out of 19,576. Before her are Domingos Simões Pereira, Siaosi Sovaleni, Lot M. Morrill, Eli Yishai, Jo Benkow, and Jean-Pierre Bel. After her are Chidambaram Subramaniam, Raffaele Fitto, Red Kelly, Kalzeubet Pahimi Deubet, Peyton Randolph, and Henry Sewell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Renhō ranks 478. Before her are Xavier Beauvois, Angelika Amon, Anderson Cooper, Olivier Dahan, Andrew Dominik, and Reid Hoffman. After her are James McTeigue, Ainars Bagatskis, Coffi Codjia, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Valeriy Heletey, and Mehmet Şimşek.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Renhō ranks 2,138 out of 6,245. After her are Yoichi Doi (1973), Go Ito (1994), Takeshi Nakashima (1976), Yudai Nakashima (1984), Mio Otani (1979), Toru Yoshida (1965), Shohei Ono (1992), Ai Sugiyama (1975), Nobuyuki Hiyama (1967), One (1986), Eita Kasagawa (1990), and Keita Nozaki (1990).

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    Renhō

    POLITICIAN

    1967 - Present

    HPI: 49.75

    Rank: 2,138

  • Photo of Yoichi Doi

    Yoichi Doi

    SOCCER PLAYER

    1973 - Present

    HPI: 49.74

    Rank: 2,139

  • Photo of Go Ito

    Go Ito

    SOCCER PLAYER

    1994 - Present

    HPI: 49.74

    Rank: 2,140

  • Photo of Takeshi Nakashima

    Takeshi Nakashima

    SOCCER PLAYER

    1976 - Present

    HPI: 49.73

    Rank: 2,141

  • Photo of Yudai Nakashima

    Yudai Nakashima

    SOCCER PLAYER

    1984 - Present

    HPI: 49.73

    Rank: 2,142

  • Photo of Mio Otani

    Mio Otani

    SOCCER PLAYER

    1979 - Present

    HPI: 49.73

    Rank: 2,143

  • Photo of Toru Yoshida

    Toru Yoshida

    SOCCER PLAYER

    1965 - Present

    HPI: 49.72

    Rank: 2,144

  • Photo of Shohei Ono

    Shohei Ono

    WRESTLER

    1992 - Present

    HPI: 49.72

    Rank: 2,145

  • Photo of Ai Sugiyama

    Ai Sugiyama

    TENNIS PLAYER

    1975 - Present

    HPI: 49.71

    Rank: 2,146

  • Photo of Nobuyuki Hiyama

    Nobuyuki Hiyama

    ACTOR

    1967 - Present

    HPI: 49.70

    Rank: 2,147

  • Photo of One

    One

    COMIC ARTIST

    1986 - Present

    HPI: 49.69

    Rank: 2,148

  • Photo of Eita Kasagawa

    Eita Kasagawa

    SOCCER PLAYER

    1990 - Present

    HPI: 49.69

    Rank: 2,149

  • Photo of Keita Nozaki

    Keita Nozaki

    SOCCER PLAYER

    1990 - Present

    HPI: 49.68

    Rank: 2,150

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Renhō ranks 352. Before her are Tomomi Inada (1959), Seiji Maehara (1962), Tarō Kōno (1963), Kinuko Tanida (1939), Hiroshi Abe (1958), and Yukio Edano (1964). After her are Seiko Noda (1960), Itsunori Onodera (1960), Hirofumi Yoshimura (1975), Tōru Hashimoto (1969), Shinjirō Koizumi (1981), and Seiko Hashimoto (1964).

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