Taizō Mikazuki

Taizo Mikazuki
三日月 大造
Official portrait, 2016
Governor of Shiga Prefecture
Assumed office
20 July 2014
Preceded byYukiko Kada
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
18 December 2012  9 May 2014
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byTatsuo Kawabata
ConstituencyKinki PR
In office
10 November 2003  18 December 2012
Preceded byMineichi Iwanaga
Succeeded byNobuhide Takemura
ConstituencyShiga 3rd
Personal details
Born (1971-05-24) 24 May 1971
Ōtsu, Shiga, Japan
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
Democratic (2003–2014)
Alma materHitotsubashi University

Taizo Mikazuki (三日月 大造, Mikazuki Taizō; born 24 May 1971) is a Japanese politician and the current governor of Shiga Prefecture, having been elected to the position in July 2014. He previously served in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan.