Chikage Oogi

Chikage Oogi
Chikage Oogi
	Oogi in 2004
President of the House of Councillors
	In office; 30 July 2004 – 28 July 2007
Monarch	Akihito
Deputy	Giichi Tsunoda ; Akira Imaizumi
Preceded by	Hiroyuki Kurata
Succeeded by	Satsuki Eda
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
	In office; 6 January 2001 – 22 September 2003
Prime Minister	Yoshirō Mori; Junichirō Koizumi
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Nobuteru Ishihara
Personal details
Born	10 May 1933; Kobe, Empire of Japan (Now Japan)
Died	9 March 2023 (aged 89); Tokyo, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party; (1977–1993, 2003–2023)
Other political; affiliations	Japan Renewal Party (1993–1994); New Frontier Party (1994–1997); Liberal (1998–2000); New Conservative Party (2000–2003)
Spouse	Sakata Tōjūrō IV (m. 1958; died 2020)
Children	Nakamura Ganjirō IV (eldest son); Nakamura Senjaku III (youngest son);
Relatives	Nakamura Ganjirō II (father-in-law); Tamao Nakamura (sister-in-law); Shintaro Katsu (brother-in-law); Azuma Tokuho II (daughter-in-law); Nakamura Kazutarō (grandson); Nakamura Toranosuke (grandson);
Residence(s)	Tokyo, Japan
Education	Takarazuka Music School
Occupation	Actress and politician

Chikage Oogi (扇千景, Ōgi Chikage), real name Hiroko Hayashi (林寛子, Hayashi Hiroko) (born Hiroko Kimura (木村寛子, Kimura Hiroko); 10 May 1933 – 9 March 2023), was a Japanese actress and politician. During her 30-year-long political career, she served in some important posts. She became the first female President of the House of Councillors from 2004 to 2007.

Her pseudonymous surname is also spelled Ogi, Ōgi and Ohgi for a variety of Hepburn romanization systems. She herself used Oogi.

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