2008 Kyoto mayoral election

Kyoto held a mayoral election on February 17, 2008. Daisaku Kadokawa narrowly won over a candidate backed by the JCP with a margin of 951 votes. The poll was to choose a successor to Yorikane Masumoto, who announced his resignation after serving three terms for a total 12 years in office

Candidates

 * Daisaku Kadokawa, 57, former head of Kyoto Municipal Board of Education and supported by all major parties except the JCP.
 * Kazuo Nakamura, 53, working as a lawyer and supported by the Japanese Communist Party
 * Shoei Murayama, 29, independent former member of the Kyoto municipal assembly
 * Toshihiko Okada, 61, independent