2007 Rikuzentakata mayoral election

Rikuzentakata, Iwate, held a mayoral election on February 4, 2007. Nagato Nakasato beat incumbent mayor Akihiko Yoshida.

Candidates

 * Akihiko Yoshida, incumbent mayor and former city assembly member supported by the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)
 * Nagato Nakasato, former city assembly member and candidate for the Japanese Communist Party (JCP)