Rokuzaemon Yoshida

Rokuzaemon Yoshida is a retired Japanese politician of the Liberal [Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party], who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet.

Early life

Yoshida is a native of Niigata, Niigata and a graduate of Waseda University.

Political career

Yoshida was elected to the first of his two terms in the Niigata Prefectural Assembly in 1983.
After an unsuccessful run in 1993, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996 but lost his seat in 2003. He was re-elected in 2005, but was defeated again in 2009, after which he retired from politics.