Utako Takeuchi

Utako Takeuchi (; born 15 December 1915) was a Japanese journalist and politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the House of Representatives in 1946.

Biography Takeuchi was born in Ushimado in 1915. She attended Sanyo High School, after which she became a reporter for Miyako Shinbun. She then worked for and in 1942 became headmistress of the First Tokyo Girls Dress-Designing School. She ran for re-election in 1947 as a Democratic Party candidate in , but failed to retain her seat.