Kazuhiko Aoki

Kazuhiko Aoki
青木 一彦
Parliamentary Vice-Secretary for Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
In office 4 September 2014 – 6 October 2015 Serving with Kenichiro Ueno, Takashi Ōtsuka (until Dec. 2014), Keisuke Suzuki (from Dec. 2014)
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Member of the House of Councillors for the Tottori-Shimane at-large district
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 July 2016
Preceded by	New district
Member of the House of Councillors for the Shimane at-large district
In office 26 July 2010 – 25 July 2016
Preceded by	Mikio Aoki
Succeeded by	District abolished
Personal details
Born	(1961-03-25) 25 March 1961 (age 56) Taisha, Shimane, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party
Father	Mikio Aoki
Alma mater	Waseda University
Website	www.aokikazuhiko.jp

Kazuhiko Aoki (青木 一彦, Aoki Kazuhiko^?, born 25 March 1961) is a Japanese politician. After an earlier career working for a television broadcasting company, he entered the field of politics, serving as secretary to his politician father Mikio Aoki since 1999. In 2010 he succeeded his father as a member in the House of Councillors for the Shimane at-large district. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, Aoki was re-elected to the House in July 2016 as the member for the merged Tottori-Shimane at-large district.

Aoki was born in the town of Taisha (now a part of Izumo city) in Shimane Prefecture on 25 March 1961. His father Mikio Aoki is a veteran politician within the prefecture, having served five terms in the Shimane Prefectural Assembly () from 1967 to 1986 before representing the prefecture in the House of Councillors in the national Diet for four consecutive terms from 1986 as a member for the Shimane at-large district.

Aoki attended Taisha High School () in Shimane and graduated from Waseda University with a bachelor's degree in education in 1985. After graduating he joined the Fuji Television before moving to the San-in Chūō Television Broadcasting company in Shimane a year later.

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