Toshihito Kumagai

Governor of Chiba PrefectureAssumed office
5 April 2021Preceded byKensaku MoritaMayor of Chiba CityIn office
14 June 2009 – 3 March 2021Preceded byKeiichi Tsuruoka
Kenji Fujishiro (Acting)Succeeded byShun'ichi KamiyaMember of Chiba City AssemblyIn office
1 May 2005 – May 2009 Personal detailsBorn (1978-02-18) 18 February 1978 (age 46)
Tenri, Nara, JapanPolitical partyIndependent
(2009–present)Other political
affiliationsDemocratic
(2007–2009)Alma materWaseda University (BEc)

Toshihito Kumagai (熊谷俊人, Kumagai Toshihito, born 18 February 1978) is a Japanese politician. He currently serves as governor of Chiba Prefecture since 2021.^[1]

Kumagai was born is Tenri, Nara in February 1978. Due to his father's work, they consistently move from prefecture to prefecture. He was affected by the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995 when he was a high school student. He said on an interview that this is his reason why he got interested in politics. He graduated on Waseda University's School of Political Science and Economics in 2001. He later joined the NTT Communications, where he was in charge of business integration and acquisition programs in the planning department.^[2][3]