Hirofumi Yanagase is a Japanese politician who is a member of the House of Councillors of Japan. He is a representative member of the national proportional representation block.
In 1997, he graduated from Waseda University.[1]
In 2004, he served as Official Secretary to Renho. In 2007, he was elected to the Ota City Assembly, and later in 2009 to the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly. He was elected in 2019.[2][3]