Ayaka Shiomura
しおむら あやか
2022
Member of the House of Councillors
Assumed office
July 29, 2019
ConstituencyTokyo Metropolis
Member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
In office
July 23, 2013  July 22, 2017
ConstituencySetagaya
Personal details
Born (1978-07-06) July 6, 1978
Hiroshima Prefecture
Political partyYour Party
Independent (Your Party's reformist wing)
Democratic Party
Democratic Party for the People
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (2017)
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
EducationKyoritsu Women's Junior College

Ayaka Shiomura (塩村 文夏, Shiomura Ayaka) (born July 6, 1978) is a Japanese politician who is a member of the House of Councillors of Japan.

Biography

She was born on July 6, 1978 in Hiroshima Prefecture and attended Kyoritsu Women's Junior College, graduating in 1999. She had studied abroad in Australia. During her career, she worked as a freelance writer for multiple TV and radio information programs before her 2013 election to the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly. In 2014, during a debate about childrearing, she was heckled by an unnamed member.[1] In 2019, she was elected to the House of Councillors.[2][3][4]

References

  1. "Tokyo assemblywoman subjected to sexist abuse from other members". the Guardian. 2014-06-20. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  2. "Ms.SHIOMURA Ayaka:House of Councillors". www.sangiin.go.jp. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  3. "Member (SHIOMURA Ayaka) | Asia-Pacific Leadership Network". www.apln.network. Retrieved 2022-11-15.
  4. "Tokyo assemblywoman subjected to sexist abuse from other members". the Guardian. 2014-06-20. Retrieved 2022-11-15.


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