Yasutaka Nakasone

Yasutaka Nakasone (; born 19 January 1982) is a Japanese politician, who served as a member of the House of Representatives since 2017. He also served as a Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida from 2021 to 2022. From 2024 to October 2025, he served as director of the LDP Youth Division. From October 2025, he serves as Deputy Chairman of the Diet Affairs Committee, Liberal Democratic Party. He is the son of Hirofumi and Mariko Nakasone, and a grandson of Yasuhiro Nakasone.

Early and personal life Yasutaka Nakasone was born and raised in Tokyo, on 19 January 1982, to his parents, Hirofumi and Mariko Nakasone. He is the paternal grandson of former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro and Tsutako Nasakone.

Nakasone studied abroad in America for a year during high school. He received his Bachelor of Laws (BL) degree in Keio University, and also studied international politics in the university.

Alongside Shinjiro Koizumi, the son of former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, Nakasone received his master's degree in political science from Columbia University in New York City. but Nakasone had strongly supported a candidate of LDP, defeating a candidate of Sanseitō at 2025 Japanese House of Councillors election.

Political career After six years' working at JPMorgan Chase, Nakasone quit his job and then became as a private secretary for his father, Hirofumi, who was a member of the House of Councillors. By supporting his father Hirofumi's political activities for four years, he prepared for his future political career in Kanto Region, such as Tokyo and Gunma Prefectures (Nakasone family's home region, and formerly the constituency of his grandfather, Yasuhiro). Before the general election in 2017, he had submitted his application to the Gunma Office of Liberal Democratic Party to become a candidate of the House of Representatives, representing the Gunma 1st district. However, his request was rejected because another person had already been chosen. Afterwards, he was able to receive a candidate post on the Northern Kanto proportional representation block list for the Liberal Democratic Party in the 2017 Japanese general election.

In 2021, Nakasone won the candidate race for the Liberal Democratic Party, representing the Gunma 1st district, due to the positive results in the opinion poll. He was elected to the House of Representatives in the 2021 general election and reelected in the 2024 general election, representing the Gunma 1st district.

Nakasone was Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida from 11 November 2021 to 12 August 2022. The public was surprised at the news about the performance at a party of prestigious LDP and severely criticized the organizer of the party, LDP Youth Bureau of Wakayama. Both Youth Bureau Director Takashi Fujiwara and Deputy Youth Bureau Director Yasutaka Nakasone, the two were also criticized for their attendance at the party, and they resigned from the Director and the Deputy Director.

Political positions As a politician, Yasutaka Nakasone believes that we have to be responsible for the future society by creating a vision and presenting a pathway.