Hiroya Masuda

Japanese politician
Person human Q738197
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Summary

Hiroya Masuda was born on December 20, 1951[1], in Setagaya[2]. He has worked as a politician[3]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (597 views/month, #7,290 of 1,000,298).[4]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: Japan[5]
  • Employer: University of Tokyo[6]
  • Educated at: University of Tokyo[7]
  • Sex or gender: male[8]
  • Commons category: Hiroya Masuda[9]
  • Family name: Masuda[10]
  • Given name: Hiroya[11]
  • Official website: http://www.h-masuda.net[12]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: Japanese[13]
  • Name in native language: 増田寛也[14]
  • Name in kana: ますだ ひろや[15]
  • Blood type: Q19831453[16]
  • Candidacy in election: 2016 Tokyo gubernatorial election[17]
  • Writing language: Japanese[18]
  • Social media followers: 5319[19], 4621[20]
  • P14411: 474[21]
  • P14882: 21[22]

Why It Matters

Hiroya Masuda has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] He is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

FAQs

Where was Hiroya Masuda born?

Hiroya Masuda's place of birth was Setagaya[2].

What did Hiroya Masuda do for work?

Hiroya Masuda worked as a politician[3].

Where did Hiroya Masuda go to school?

Hiroya Masuda was educated at University of Tokyo[7].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [4] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5h ago · Pudox · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Position held → Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, governor of Iwate Prefecture, Minister of State for Decentralization Reform
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'id', 'ja', 'ko', 'uk', 'zh']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P39]]: [[Q11394673]], peploop: add position from ja.wikipedia (rev 110544205) ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/0216ceab44|details]])"
  2. 22d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14882 → 21
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14882]]: 21, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789767140611"
  3. 16w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14411 → 474
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14411]]: 474, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1781860605798"
  4. 21w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → —
    Place of birth → Setagaya
    Family name → Masuda
    Country of citizenship → Japan
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P8885]]: 마스다 히로야, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778515299264"
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