# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kanako-otsuji
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:19:30.268Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kanako-otsuji"
name: "Kanako Otsuji"
slug: "kanako-otsuji"
description: "Kanako Otsuji  is a Japanese LGBT rights activist, former member of the House of Representatives for the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and retired karateka and taekwondoin. She is also former member of the House of Councilors, and a former member of the Osaka Prefectural Assembly. One of only seven women in the 110-member Osaka Assembly, Otsuji represented the Sakai-ku, Sakai City constituency. In May 2013, after her party member of the House resigned, Otsuji became the nation's first openly gay member of the Diet, but her term in office expired in July. She won a seat in the 2017 general election and became the first openly gay member of the House of Representatives. In 2024, Otsuji ran for the House of Representatives from Osaka's 10th district, winning in the Kinki proportional district."
tagline: "Japanese politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kanako_Otsuji%2C_Councillors_election%2C_2007_by_m-louis_in_Umeda.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1974-12-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           60.83
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.75285066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 3750
platforms:
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    handle:    "otsujikanako"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
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    handle:    "otsujikanako"
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    handle:    "otsujikanako"
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    handle:    "otsujiosaka"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
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    handle:    "@otsujikanako"
    followers: 3750
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    title: "尾辻加奈子"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كاناكو أوتسوجي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كاناكو اوتسوجى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kanako Otsuji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kanako Otsuji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanako_Otsuji"
    title: "Kanako Otsuji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanako_Otsuji"
    title: "Kanako Otsuji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanako_Otsuji"
    title: "Kanako Otsuji"
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    title: "尾辻かな子"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Оцудзі Канако"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump