Daisaku Kadokawa

Japanese politician

Daisaku Kadokawa

門川 大作

26th Mayor of Kyoto
In office
26 February 2008 – 24 February 2024
Preceded by| Yorikane Masumoto
Succeeded by| Koji Matsui
Personal details
Born|  (1950-11-23) November 23, 1950 (age 74)
Kyoto, Japan
Political party| Independent
Children| 4
Alma mater| Ritsumeikan University

Daisaku Kadokawa (門川 大作, Kadokawa Daisaku) is a Japanese politician and former mayor of Kyoto City, the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture.[1][2]

## Overview

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Kadokawa was born in Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. In 1969, he graduated from Kyoto Municipal Horikawa High School. Shortly afterwards, he started working for the Kyoto City Board of Education, while at the same time attending Ritsumeikan University Faculty of Law No. 2 to obtain a degree. He was the Kyoto City Superintendent of Education between 2001 and 2007. He was elected in the 2008 Kyoto mayoral election, receiving endorsements from the Liberal Democratic Party, the Komeito Party, and the Kyoto prefectural chapters of the Democratic Party and the Social Democratic Party. After four full terms in office he did not run again in the 2024 mayoral election.[3]

## Person

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* Kadokawa likes the kimono and always attended city council meetings and other events wearing one. It is customary for the mayor of Kyoto to wear traditional Japanese clothes.
* In June 2019, he sent a letter of protest to Kim Kardashian because of her attempt to trademark the name "KIMONO" for her new underwear line. In the letter he said "It is a common asset of all people who love the culture of the Japanese and the Japanese and the world," and I believe that it should not be monopolized privately.[4]"

## Controversy

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On the evening of July 18, 2019, when Kadokawa attended a party for the 25th House of Councillors who usually elect a candidate for the Kyoto Prefecture constituency, he mentioned the Kyoto Animation arson case, saying that "3 minutes and 10 minutes are important when fighting fires, and the election can be reversed in the last two days", which was criticized as inappropriate remarks Kadokawa himself apologized for speaking on the 19th.[5]

## References

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1. ^ Mayor of Kyoto has big plans for tourism Archived 2015-03-20 at the Wayback Machine, Japan Times, September 14, 2014.
2. ^ Kyoto City Web Archived 2014-08-29 at the Wayback Machine, Kyoto City Website, July 28, 2015.
3. ^ City of Kyoto (23 February 2024). "門川大作京都市長 退庁式（2024.2.22）". YouTube. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
4. ^ Kim Kardashian's Kimono trademark registration, kyoto city mayor and minister of economy, trade and industry 'stop' \- Buzz Feed News(12/22/2021)
5. ^ ["京アニ火災「火事は１０分が大事、選挙は最後で逆転」と京都市長 : 京都新聞". kyoto-np.jp. Archived from the original on 2019-07-19. Retrieved 2019-07-19.]

## External links

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* Official website(in Japanese)
* Daisaku Kadokawa on Facebook(in Japanese)

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