Takashi Tachibana

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Takashi Tachibana
立花 孝志
Tachibana in 2021
Leader of the NHK Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 April 2023 (Disputed with Ayaka Otsu)
Deputy	Hodaka Maruyama
Preceded by	Ayaka Otsu
In office 17 June 2013 – 8 March 2023
Deputy	Hodaka Maruyama
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Ayaka Otsu
Leader of the Horiemon New Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 May 2020
Member of the House of Councillors
In office 29 July 2019 – 10 October 2019
Succeeded by	Satoshi Hamada
Parliamentary group	Minna no Tō
Constituency	Proportional
Member of the Katsushika Ward Assembly
In office 13 November 2017 – 26 May 2019
Member of the Funabashi City Assembly
In office 1 May 2015 – 14 July 2016
Personal details
Born	(1967-08-15) 15 August 1967 (age 56) Izumiōtsu, Osaka, Japan
Political party	NHK Party (National) Horiemon New (Prefectural)
Other political affiliations	Minna no Tō (until 2013)
Occupation	Social activist, journalist, accountant, politician

Takashi Tachibana (立花 孝志, Tachibana Takashi, born 15 August 1967) is a Japanese social activist, journalist, accountant and politician who is the founder and leader of the NHK Party (NHK党, NHK tō). A former assemblyman for the Funabashi City Assembly and the Katsushika Ward Assembly, he was elected to the House of Councillors in the July 2019 regular election on his party's proportional representation list. He automatically forfeited his seat on 10 October when he officially became a candidate in the October 2019 by-election to the House of Councillors for a majoritarian seat in Saitama.^[1]