Motohisa Ikeda

Motohisa Ikeda
池田 元久
Official portrait, 2011
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 4 April 2006 – 16 November 2012
Preceded by	Hisayasu Nagata
Succeeded by	Isamu Ueda
Constituency	Southern Kanto PR (2006–2009) Kanagawa 6th (2009–2012)
In office 21 October 1996 – 8 August 2005
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Multi-member district
Constituency	Kanagawa 6th (1996–2003) Southern Kanto PR (2003–2005)
In office 19 February 1990 – 18 June 1993
Constituency	Kanagawa 4th
Personal details
Born	(1940-12-20)20 December 1940 Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
Died	22 January 2024(2024-01-22) (aged 83) Tokyo, Japan
Political party	DPJ
Other political affiliations	JSP SDP DP
Alma mater	Waseda University

Motohisa Ikeda (池田 元久, Ikeda Motohisa, December 20, 1940 – January 22, 2024) was a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Fujisawa, Kanagawa and graduate of Waseda University, he worked at the public broadcaster NHK as a reporter from 1964 to 1989. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990 as a member of the Japan Socialist Party but lost his seat in 1993. He was re-elected in 1996. Ikeda died on January 22, 2024, at the age of 83.^[1]