Yuko Kishida

Yuko Kishida (, Kishida Yūko;  Wada; born 15 August 1964) is the wife of the former Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida.

She joined Mazda to work as secretary of vice president Yoshihiro Wada in 1987 after graduating from TWCU. She married Fumio Kishida in 1988 and has three sons with him.

On 4 October 2021, she became the First Lady of Japan because her husband became the 100th Prime Minister of Japan after winning the 2021 LDP presidential election.

On 17 April 2023, Yuko Kishida traveled solo to the United States at the invitation of the First Lady, Jill Biden, making her the first spouse of a Japanese Prime Minister to have made a solo visit to the United States.

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Category:1964 births
Category:Living people
Category:People from Hiroshima Prefecture
Category:Fumio Kishida
Category:Spouses of prime ministers of Japan