# 2003 Shinjuku local election

Shinjuku, Tokyo held an election to the local ward assembly on April 27, 2003, as part of the 15th unified local elections.

## Candidates

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### Incumbents

* Sanae Abe (阿部 早苗, Abe Sanae), a 49-year-old woman
* Tsuyako Akaba (赤羽 艶子, Akaba Tsuyako), a 47-year-old woman
* Hiroshi Akita (秋田 博, Akita Hiroshi), a 65-year-old man
* Takehiko Amemiya (雨宮 武彦, Amemiya Takehiko), a 55-year-old man
* Teruhisa Asō (麻生 輝久, Asō Teruhisa), a 54-year-old man
* Tamie Azami (あざみ 民栄, Azami Tamie), a 33-year-old woman
* Hidetaka Enoki (榎 秀隆, Enoki Hidetaka), a 38-year-old man
* Isamu Gonnami (権並 勇, Gonnami Isamu), a 69-year-old man
* Masami Inotsume (猪爪 まさみ, Inotsume Masami), a 47-year-old woman and later Tokyo Metropolitan Assemblywoman
* Hideo Kami (上 秀夫, Kami Hideo), a 57-year-old man
* Tsuyako Kasai (笠井 艶子, Kasai Tsuyako), a 55-year-old woman
* Akihiko Kawade (川出 昭彦, Kawade Akihiko), a 37-year-old man
* Tatsuo Kawano (河野 達男, Kawano Tatsuo), a 55-year-old man
* Masako Komatsu (小松 政子, Komatsu Masako), a 51-year-old woman
* Natsuko Kondō (近藤 奈津子, Kondō Natsuko), a 36-year-old woman
* Gōsuke Kubo (久保 合介, Kubo Gōsuke), a 66-year-old man
* Sumiko Kumagai (熊谷 澄子, Kumagai Sumiko), a 57-year-old woman
* Kōhei Kuwabara (桑原 公平, Kuwabara Kōhei), a 50-year-old man
* Masao Matsugaya (松ヶ谷 匡男, Matsugaya Masao), a 64-year-old man and later 2010 candidate for Shinjuku mayor.
* Kimihiro Matsukawa (松川 公浩, Matsukawa Kimihiro), a 41-year-old man
* Toshifumi Miyasaka (宮坂 俊文, Miyasaka Toshifumi), a 48-year-old man
* Yoshihiko Nakamura (中村 吉彦, Nakamura Yoshihiko), a 65-year-old man
* Takeshi Nodzu (野頭 健, Nodzu Takeshi), a 39-year-old man
* Fumiaki Noguchi (野口 史章, Noguchi Fumiaki), a 62-year-old man
* Michio Obata (小畑 通夫, Obata Michio), a 57-year-old man
* Kimiko Ono (小野 紀美子, Ono Kimiko), a 66-year-old woman
* Takeshi Sahara (佐原 勇, Sahara Takeshi), a 59-year-old man
* Ayumi Sawada (沢田 あゆみ, Sawada Ayumi), a 37-year-old woman
* Yūichirō Shida (志田 雄一郎, Shida Yūichirō), a 35-year-old man
* Masaaki Sometani (染谷 正明, Sometani Masaaki), a 59-year-old man
* Yukie Suzuki (鈴木 幸枝, Suzuki Yukie), a 48-year-old woman
* Norihide Tanaka (田中 憲秀, Tanaka Norihide), a 50-year-old man
* Masao Toyoshima (豊嶋 正雄, Toyoshima Masao), a 55-year-old man
* Toshiyuki Yamada (山田 敏行, Yamada Toshiyuki), a 60-year-old man
* Iwao Yamazoe (山添 巌, Yamazoe Iwao), a 59-year-old man

### Newcomers

* Toshirō Arima (有馬 俊郎, Arima Toshirō), a 46-year-old man
* Toshisada Fukazawa (深沢 利定, Fukazawa Toshisada), a 60-year-old man
* Akihiko Henmi (逸見 彰彦, Henmi Akihiko), a 45-year-old man
* Haruji Ishioka (石岡 春二, Ishioka Haruji), a 45-year-old man
* Noriaki Kawamura (川村 範昭, Kawamura Noriaki), a 31-year-old man
* Kōzō Muramatsu (村松 弘三, Muramatsu Kōzō), a 38-year-old man
* Masayuki Nasu (那須 雅之, Nasu Masayuki), a 59-year-old man
* Toshihiko Ogura (小倉 利彦, Ogura Toshihiko), a 42-year-old man
* Shōtarō Ōki (大木 庄太郎, Ōki Shōtarō), a 57-year-old man
* Haruo Shimomura (下村 治生, Shimomura Haruo), a 50-year-old man
* Kazuharu Tsubuki (津吹 一晴, Tsubuki Kazuharu), a 41-year-old man
* Junichi Urushibara (漆原 順一, Urushibara Junichi), a 64-year-old man and previously Shinjuku mayor candidate in 1999 and 2002.
* Haruo Yoshizumi (吉住 栄郎, Yoshizumi Haruo), a 30-year-old man
* Kenichi Yoshizumi (吉住 健一, Yoshizumi Kenichi), a 31-year-old man, later Tokyo Metropolitan Assemblyman and mayor of Shinjuku
Two of the male candidates, 54-year-old male Jirō Nemoto (根本 二郎, Nemoto Jirō) and 39-year-old male Kenji Yamaguchi (山口 健二, Yamaguchi Kenji), were previously in this office.

## Results

Summary of the April 27, 2003 Shinjuku Ward Assembly election results :
| Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
| New Komeito party (公明党, Kōmeitō) | | | 9 |
| Japanese Communist Party (日本共産党, Nihon Kyōsan-tō) | | | 9 |
| Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (自由民主党, Jiyū Minshutō) | | | 8 |
| Democratic Party of Japan (民主党, Minshutō) | | | 3 |
| New Socialist Party | | | 1 |
| Independents | | | 8 |
| Total (turnout 40.52%) | 91,293 | 100.00 | 38 |
| Source: Official results Archived 2007-04-30 at the Wayback Machine ||||

### Candidate results

2003 Shinjuku local election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Hidetaka Enoki | 3,327 | |
| | Komeito | Masao Toyoshima | 2,622 | |
| | LDP | Haruo Shimomura | 2,517 | |
| | LDP | Kenichi Yoshizumi | 2,468.65 | |
| | Komeito | Tsuyako Akaba | 2,425 | |
| | JCP | Noriaki Kawamura | 2,411 | |
| | Komeito | Yukie Suzuki | 2,353 | |
| | Komeito | Masako Komatsu | 2,343 | |
| | Komeito | Toshirō Arima | 2,318 | |
| | Komeito | Iwao Yamazoe | 2,306 | |
| | Komeito | Michio Obata | 2,258 | |
| | Komeito | Masaaki Sometani | 2,237 | |
| | Komeito | Sumiko Kumagai | 2,158 | |
| | JCP | Natsuko Kondō | 2,120 | |
| | Democratic | Gōsuke Kubo | 2,113 | |
| | JCP | Ayumi Sawada | 2,112 | |
| | Independent | Masami Inotsume | 2,069 | |
| | Democratic | Yūichirō Shida | 2,061 | |
| | JCP | Sanae Abe | 2,007 | |
| | Independent | Takeshi Nodzu | 1,942.59 | |
| | LDP | Hiroshi Akita | 1,941 | |
| | Social Democratic | Tatsuo Kawano | 1,935 | |
| | New Socialist | Toshiyuki Yamada | 1,866 | |
| | LDP | Kōhei Kuwabara | 1,863 | |
| | JCP | Takehiko Amemiya | 1,812 | |
| | LDP | Fumiaki Noguchi | 1,806 | |
| | Independent | Jirō Nemoto | 1,797 | |
| | LDP | Toshifumi Miyasaka | 1,748 | |
| | JCP | Tamie Azami | 1,723 | |
| | JCP | Norihide Tanaka | 1,688 | |
| | JCP | Masao Matsugaya | 1,586 | |
| | Democratic | Kimiko Ono | 1,582 | |
| | LDP | Toshihiko Ogura | 1,553 | |
| | JCP | Tsuyako Kasai | 1,527 | |
| | Independent | Masayuki Nasu | 1,522 | |
| | LDP | Toshisada Fukazawa | 1,440 | |
| | Independent | Junichi Urushibara | 1,397 | |
| | Independent | Teruhisa Asō | 1,389 | |
| | LDP | Kenji Yamaguchi | 1382 | |
| | LDP | Yoshihiko Nakamura | 1362 | |
| | Independent | Takeshi Sahara | 1337.41 | |
| | LDP | Haruo Yoshizumi | 1250.35 | |
| | Independent | Isamu Gonnami | 1225 | |
| | Independent | Hideo Kami | 1128 | |
| | Independent | Akihiko Kawade | 1060 | |
| | Democratic | Shōtarō Ōki | 1020 | |
| | Independent | Kazuharu Tsubuki | 977 | |
| | Independent | Kimihiro Matsukawa | 736 | |
| | Independent | Haruji Ishioka | 369 | |
| | Independent | Akihiko Henmi | 340 | |
| | LDP | Kōzō Muramatsu | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.52 |