Kenta Aoshima
The Nippon Ishin no Kai announced at midnight on the 22nd that former professional baseball player Kenta Aoshima (64) will be appointed to the upper house election in the summer, and that Mr. Qingdao and Secretary-general Fumitake Fujita will hold a press conference in the Diet on the 25th. .. He will run for proportional representation, according to people familiar with the matter. A celebrity will be appointed as a signboard candidate, aiming to attract independents.
Mr. Qingdao is from Niigata City. He went from Saitama Prefectural Kasukabe High School to Keio University and played in professional baseball Yakult. After his retirement, he worked as a sports writer and caster.
He ran for the 2019 Governor of Saitama Prefecture on the recommendation of both the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito Party, but lost to candidates supported by four opposition parties, including the former Constitutional Democratic Party.
