Toru Hashimoto
| Tōru Hashimoto | |
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| 橋下 徹 | |
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| Mayor of Osaka | |
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In office 25 November 2011 – 18 December 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Kunio Hiramatsu |
| Succeeded by | Hirofumi Yoshimura |
| Governor of Osaka Prefecture | |
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In office 6 February 2008 – 31 October 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Fusae Ohta |
| Succeeded by | Ichirō Matsui |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 29, 1969 Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party |
Nippon Ishin no Kai (National) Osaka Restoration Association (Local) |
| Spouse(s) | Noriko |
| Children | Three sons and four daughters |
| Alma mater | Waseda University |
Tōru Hashimoto (橋下 徹 Hashimoto Tōru?, born 29 June 1969) is a Japanese politician and lawyer. He was the mayor of Osaka city and is a member of Nippon Ishin no Kai and the Osaka Restoration Association.
Tōru Hashishita was born in Hatagaya, Shibuya, Tokyo, on 29 June 1969. His father, who was a yakuza, died when he was in the second grade of elementary school. Soon after, his mother changed the reading of their name to Hashimoto, as the surname Hashishita is linked to Japan's disadvantaged burakumin community. Hashimoto and his mother and sister moved to Suita, Osaka when he was in the fifth grade, and then to Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka the next year.
As a student at Osaka Prefectural Kitano High School, Hashimoto played in the National High School Rugby Tournament as a member of the school rugby team, which was one of three champions from the Osaka prefectural tournament. He failed the entrance exams for Waseda University twice but was admitted after an additional year of study. He graduated from Waseda in the spring of 1994 and passed the bar examination later that year, becoming a lawyer in 1996. In 1998, he established the Hashimoto Law Office, where he built up a practice in corporate law, entertainment law and dispute resolution. Hashimoto remains an equity partner in the firm, but converted it to a professional corporation in 2008 and currently does not take an active role in its management. He also became the legal advisor for the restaurant association of Tobita Shinchi for a period of time.
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