# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/renho
# Generated: 2026-09-07T16:44:38.721Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/renho"
name: "Renhō"
slug: "renho"
description: "Renhō Saitō , known mononymously as Renhō, is a Japanese politician and former journalist who has served as a member of the House of Councillors from 2004 to 2024, and again since 2025. She was the leader of the now-defunct major opposition party, the Democratic Party from 2016 to 2017. Renhō was a candidate for the 2024 Tokyo gubernatorial election with the support of the Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP), Japanese Communist Party (JCP), and the Social Democratic Party (SDP), but was defeated by incumbent Yuriko Koike, placing third behind Shinji Ishimaru."
tagline: "Japanese politician (born 1967)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Renho_201810.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1967-11-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           72.73
  momentum:             8.530390081644995
  historical:           19.01092266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 9240
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/renho_office"
    handle:    "renho_office"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/renho.jp/"
    handle:    "renho.jp"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/renho.sha"
    handle:    "renho.sha"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3313336/"
    handle:    "nm3313336"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://renho.jp/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeigzVkpXmZ_t79PBDjh4fQ"
    handle:    "@renho_official_office"
    followers: 9240
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%93%AE%E8%88%AB"
    title: "蓮舫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%87%D9%88"
    title: "رينهو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renh%C5%8D"
    title: "Renhō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renh%C5%8D"
    title: "Renhō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renh%C5%8D"
    title: "Renhō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renh%C5%8D"
    title: "Renhō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%87%D9%88"
    title: "رنهو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renh%C5%8D"
    title: "Renhō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%94%D7%95"
    title: "רנהו"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murata_Renh%C3%B3"
    title: "Murata Renhó"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renh%C5%8D"
    title: "Renhō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renh%C5%8D"
    title: "Renhō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%93%AE%E8%88%AB"
    title: "蓮舫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A0%8C%ED%98%B8"
    title: "렌호"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renh%C5%8D_Sait%C5%8D"
    title: "Renhō Saitō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%85%D0%BE"
    title: "Рэнхо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renh%C5%8D"
    title: "Renhō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renh%C5%8D"
    title: "Renhō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li%C3%A2n-h%C3%B3ng"
    title: "Liân-hóng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%93%AE%E8%88%AB"
    title: "蓮舫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q465290"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5150642"
    title: "Saito Renbo"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump