Denny Tamaki

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Denny Tamaki
玉城 デニー
Denny Tamaki in 2023
Governor of Okinawa Prefecture
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 October 2018
Preceded by	Takeshi Onaga Kiichiro Jahana (interim) Moritake Tomikawa (interim)
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 30 August 2009 – 13 September 2018
Constituency	Okinawa-3rd (2009–2012, 2014–2018) Kyushu PR (2012–2014)
Member of the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly
In office September 2002 – August 2005
Constituency	Okinawa City
Personal details
Born	Dennis Tamaki (1959-10-13) 13 October 1959 (age 64) Yonashiro, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands
Nationality	Japanese
Political party	Independent
Other political affiliations	Liberal (2012–2018) TPJ (2012, split) PLF (2012, merger) DPJ (2005–2012) Independent (2002–2005)
Alma mater	Sophia School of Social Welfare
Website	Official website

Denny Tamaki (玉城 デニー, Tamaki Denī, born 13 October 1959) is a Japanese politician and the current Governor of Okinawa Prefecture since August 2018.

Tamaki was a member of the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly for Okinawa City from 2002 to 2005 and became the first Amerasian member of the Japanese House of Representatives as the representative for Okinawa Prefecture's 3rd district from 2009 to 2012 and 2014 to 2018.^[1] Tamaki was elected governor as an independent in the 2018 Okinawa gubernatorial election following the untimely death of Governor Takeshi Onaga. He was re-elected again in 2022.