User:Korukun08/Gaku Hasegawa

Gaku Hasegawa (長谷川岳)is a member of the House of Councillors of Japan from Hokkaido. He belongs to the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). In 1990 he enrolled at Hokkaido University and majored in Business Administration. While attending university, he, with five other friends, brought the　Soran Festival to Hokkaido, which is now run by the YASOKOI Soran Festival Foundation. The Soran Festival incorporates the traditional Sōran Bushi song and dance. In 1998 he was elected Director of the YASOKOI Soran Foundation. In 2008 he ran against Takahiro Yokomichi of the Democratic Party of Japan for representative of the first district of Hokkaido, but lost. He was elected to the House of Councillors in July of 2010.