Jiro Hata

{{Short description|Japanese politician (born 1969)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Jiro Hata | native_name = {{nobold|羽田次郎}} | native_name_lang = ja | image = Jirō Hata 20250331.png | image_size = 200px | caption = Hata in 2025 | office = Member of the House of Councillors | term_start = 28 April 2021 | term_end = | predecessor = Yuichiro Hata | successor = | constituency = Nagano at-large | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|9|7|df=y}} | birth_place = Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan | death_date = | death_place = | party = Constitutional Democratic<br>(since 2021) | other_party = Democratic (2011–2016)<br>Independent (2016–2017; 2018–2021)<br>KnT (2017–2018) | father = Tsutomu Hata | mother = Ayako Hata | relations = Yuichiro Hata (brother) | spouse = | children = | education = Lycée Seijo | alma_mater = Wake Forest University | occupation = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Jiro Hata''' is a Japanese politician who is a member of the House of Councillors of Japan.

== Biography == He was born in Tokyo and attended Wake Forest University.<ref>http://www.nagano-np.co.jp/articles/74301</ref>

On December 27, 2020, his brother Yuichiro Hata, a member of the House of Councilors, died of coronovarius. He decided to run in a by-election in April 2021, defeating Yutaka Komatsu, a former member of the House of Representatives of Japan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=INC |first=SANKEI DIGITAL |date=2021-01-30 |title=羽田次郎氏の擁立決定４月の参院長野補選、与野党対決へ |url=https://www.sankei.com/article/20210130-CHKKGFQRKZJLHDSGFFEFUUZ2C4/ |access-date=2023-08-30 |website=産経ニュース |language=ja}}</ref> He was re-elected in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of the Members：House of Councillors |url=https://www.sangiin.go.jp/japanese/joho1/kousei/eng/members/index.htm |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=www.sangiin.go.jp}}</ref>

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