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Kisaburo Tokai
Kisaburo Tokai
渡海紀三朗
	Official portrait, 2007
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
	In office; 26 September 2007 – 2 August 2008
Prime Minister	Yasuo Fukuda
Preceded by	Bunmei Ibuki
Succeeded by	Tsuneo Suzuki
Member of the House of Representatives
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 18 December 2012
Preceded by	Yasuhiro Okada
Constituency	Hyogo 10th
	In office; 25 June 2000 – 21 July 2009
Preceded by	Susumu Shiota
Succeeded by	Yasuhiro Okada
Constituency	Hyogo 10th
	In office; 6 July 1986 – 27 September 1996
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Constituency	Hyogo 3rd
Personal details
Born	11 February 1948 (age 76); Takasago, Hyōgo, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Other political; affiliations	New Party Sakigake
Alma mater	Waseda University

Kisaburo Tokai (渡海紀三朗, Tokai Kisaburō, born February 11, 1948 in Takasago, Hyōgo) is a Japanese politician who served as Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology under Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda from 2007 to 2008.

Education

Tokai, like Fukuda, attended Waseda University.^{[citation needed]}

House of Representatives (Japan)
Preceded by Multi-member constituency	Representative for Hyōgo's 3rd District (multi-member) 1986–1996	District eliminated
Preceded by Yasuhiro Okada	Representative for Hyōgo's 10th District 2012–present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Bunmei Ibuki	Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan 2007–2008	Succeeded by Tsuneo Suzuki