Toru Kikawada (黄川田 徹, Kikawada Tōru, born October 14, 1953) is a former Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).

Early life

Kikiwada is native of Rikuzentakata, Iwate. He graduated from Waseda University, then worked at the city government of Rikuzentakata from 1977 to 1994.

Political career

After having served in the Iwate Prefectural Assembly for two terms from 1995, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000 as a member of Ichirō Ozawa's Liberal Party, which merged with the DPJ in 2003.

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