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Shinjirō Koizumi

1981 - Today

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Shinjirō Koizumi (Japanese: 小泉 進次郎, Hepburn: Koizumi Shinjirō; born 14 April 1981) is a Japanese politician serving as the Minister of Defense since October 2025. He previously served as the Minister of the Environment from September 2019 to October 2021 and Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from May to October 2025. He has also served as a Member of the House of Representatives for the Liberal Democratic Party, representing Kanagawa since 2009. He is the second son of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and the younger brother of actor Kotaro Koizumi. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Shinjirō Koizumi is the 18,091st most popular politician (up from 18,396th in 2024), the 2,406th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,252nd in 2019) and the 355th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Shinjirō Koizumi ranks 18,091 out of 19,576. Before him are Saleh Ali al-Sammad, Jens Spahn, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Kuldip Nayar, Eliot Spitzer, and Sharice Davids. After him are Anders Lange, Jessika Roswall, Robert Kaliňák, Deval Patrick, Gaspar Llamazares, and Aysen Nikolayev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Shinjirō Koizumi ranks 409. Before him are Craig David, Shinya Tokuni, Michael Maze, Robert de Pinho de Souza, Dong Hyun Kim, and Abigail Spencer. After him are Roman Shirokov, Lee Won-hee, Ross Marquand, Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia, Yuki Abe, and Marius Stankevičius.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shinjirō Koizumi ranks 2,406 out of 6,245. Before him are Shinji Morita (1987), Tsukasa Aoi (1990), Naoki Hattori (1966), Takashi Hirano (1974), Ayase Ueda (1998), and Yuko Morimoto (1974). After him are Saori Hayami (1991), Yukie Nakama (1979), Erika Sawajiri (1986), Miran Kabe (1992), Takuya Yamamoto (1986), and Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (1986).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Shinjirō Koizumi ranks 355. Before him are Yukio Edano (1964), Renhō (1967), Seiko Noda (1960), Itsunori Onodera (1960), Hirofumi Yoshimura (1975), and Tōru Hashimoto (1969). After him are Seiko Hashimoto (1964), Taro Yamamoto (1974), Kenji Ogiwara (1969), Joe Lombardo (1962), Kōichirō Genba (1964), and Princess Yōko of Mikasa (1983).

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