See List of members of the Diet of Japan for the list of current members of the House of Councillors.
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Some national political figures, such as feminists Shidzue Katō and Fusae Ichikawa and former Imperial Army general Kazushige Ugaki, were elected through the block, along with a number of celebrities such as comedian Yukio Aoshima (later Governor of Tokyo), journalist Hideo Den and actress Yūko Mochizuki.
The bill was subsequently defeated in the upper house (which cannot be dissolved) because of scores of defections from the ruling coalition.
Especially in the House of Councillors, one third of whose members were elected through nationwide vote, nationwide organizations found they could influence national policy by supporting certain candidates.
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Mieko Kobayashi (小林 美恵子 Kobayashi Mieko) is a Japanese politician and member of the House of Councillors for the Japanese Communist Party.
One of her co-hosts was Yoshiko Ōtaka, who was elected to the House of Councillors in 1974.
A native of Arita, Saga and dropout of Chuo University, he had served in the assembly of Saga Prefecture for six terms since 1975 and was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1995.
The House of Councillors by-elections were won by one LDP-Kōmeitō supported candidate (Aiko Shimajiri in Okinawa) as replacement for OSMP Councillor Keiko Itokazu, and one Democrat (Teruhiko Mashiko in Fukushima) as replacement for Democrat Yūhei Satō, producing a net gain of one seat for the ruling centre-right coalition three months before the regular House of Councillors election of 2007.
Under the new constitution, the prime minister was no longer selected by the Emperor, but elected by the Diet, "before the conduct of any other business" – and the Socialists pushed for an early vote to prevent the other two major parties from excluding them from a ruling coalition: on May 23, Socialist Tetsu Katayama was elected almost unopposed (420 votes of 426 present in the House of Representatives, 205 of 207 in the House of Councillors) while the coalition negotiations were still in progress.
Akiyuki Nosaka (born 1930), Japanese novelist, singer, lyricist, and former member of the House of Councillors
On a trip to Japan he was introduced to Japanese writer and politician Wakako Hironaka (member Japanese Diet House of Councillors) who gave him a blueprint of how to work with Japanese industry.
A native of Ishioka, Ibaraki and graduate of Tohoku University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1995.
A native of Yomitan, Okinawa and 1958 graduate of Ryukyu University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2007 after serving as mayor of Yomitan for six terms (24 years).
A native of Hubei, China and dropout of Chuo University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1998 after serving in the assembly of the House of Representatives for four terms since 1983.
A native of Hiroo District, Hokkaidō and dropout of Kanagawa University, he was elected to the House of Councillors as a candidate for the Liberal Democratic Party for the first time in 1998 after serving in the prefectural assembly of Hokkaidō for five terms.
A native of Setagaya, Tokyo and graduate of Tamagawa University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1999.
A native of Mishima, Shizuoka and graduate of the University of Tokyo, she joined the Ministry of Labor (now part of Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) from 1972 until 2004 when she was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time.
Aoshima ran for the House of Councillors again in the 2001 election and the 2004 election but failed to win a seat.