Masamune Wada

Masamune Wada is a Japanese politician. From 2013 to 2019, he served in the House of Councillors representing the Miyagi [at-large district], and later for the proportional representation block from 2019 to 2025.
He was elected to the House in the 2013 [Japanese House of Councillors election|July 2013] as a member of Your Party. Upon the party's dissolution in November 2014 he joined the Party for Future Generations. He was promoted to Secretary-General of the party in September 2015; the party changed its name to Party for Japanese Kokoro in December 2015. In November 2016 he left the party and joined the Liberal [Democratic Party |Liberal Democratic Party]'s parliamentary group, but did not officially join the LDP.
He joined the LDP on 24 September 2017, and was elected as a candidate from the proportional district in the 25th ordinary election for the House of Councillors held in July 2019.
Wada graduated with a degree in political science from Keio University's Faculty of Law in 1997. Prior to entering politics he worked as an announcer for national broadcaster NHK from 1997 until 2013.