Masatoshi Kurata
Masatoshi Kurata was a Japanese politician of the Liberal [Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party], a member of the House of [Representatives (Japan)|House of Representatives] in the Diet. A native of Shimizu, Shizuoka, and a graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected for the first time in 2000 after an unsuccessful run in 1996. He died of cancer in 2016.