Hanako Honda

Hanako Honda (本多花子, January 1909 – 31 January 1968) was a Japanese politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the House of Representatives in 1946.

Biography
Honda was born in Kobe in 1909 and graduated from Mizuki Higher Elementary School. In 1946, she contested the Osaka 2nd district in the general elections as a candidate of the Japan Women's Party, and was elected to the House of Representatives. After being elected, she joined the Japan Liberal Party. During her time in parliament, she introduced a members' bill for the enlargement of medical facilities for public school children and others. She contested Osaka's fifth district in the 1947 elections as a Liberal Party candidate, but lost her seat. She died in 1968.