Yoshinori Ohno

This article is about a Japanese politician. For a video game producer, see Yoshinori Ono (game producer).

Yoshinori Ohno (大野 功統 Ōno Yoshinori, 16 October 1935 – 16 July 2023) was a Japanese politician who served as Minister of State for Defense in Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's third Cabinet from 2004 to 2005. He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.

Yoshinori Ohno
大野 功統
Ohno in 2004
Director General of the Japan Defense Agency
In office September 27, 2004 – October 31, 2005
Prime Minister	Junichiro Koizumi
Preceded by	Shigeru Ishiba
Succeeded by	Fukushiro Nukaga
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 1986–2012
Constituency	Kagawa Prefecture (1986–1996) Kagawa 3rd district (1996–2012)
Personal details
Born	(1935-10-16)October 16, 1935 Taiwan, Empire of Japan
Died	July 16, 2023(2023-07-16) (aged 87)
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party
Alma mater	University of Tokyo (LLB)

Life and career

Ohno was born in Taiwan (then under Japanese rule) in 1935 and return to Japan in 1947 and settled in Toyohama-cho, Mitoyo-gun, Kagawa Prefecture (now Kannonji City). He graduated from Takamatsu Daiichi Senior High School and then went on to study law at University of Tokyo in the Graduate School for Law and Politics. After university he began his career with the Ministry of Finance. After an unsuccessful bid as Governor of Kagawa Prefecture in 1978, Ohno was elected to the House of Representatives for Kagawa Prefecture in 1986 (and as member of the Kagawa Prefecture's 3rd District since 1996). From 2004 to 2005 he was Director General of the Japan Defense Agency.

Ohno died on 16 July 2023, at the age of 87.

External links

• Yoshinori Ono's official website (in Japanese)
• Yoshinori Ono's profile