【略歴】
生年月日　　昭和３１年（1956年）５月１２日
出身地　　　宮城県
参議院議員　宮城選挙区　当選５回

昭和５０年　　３月　宮城県仙台第一高等学校卒業
　　６０年　　３月　東京医科歯科大学医学部卒業
　　　　　　　６月　東北大学医学部附属病院第一内科入局
平成　５年　　３月　東北大学大学院医学研究科博士課程修了
　　　　　　　４月　東北大学医学部附属病院第一内科医員
　　　６年　　４月　国立療養所岩手病院呼吸器科医師
　　　８年　　４月　国立療養所岩手病院第二内科医長
　　１０年　　７月　参議院議員選挙当選（第１８回）
　　１５年　１１月　金融問題及び経済活性化に関する特別委員会委員長
　　１６年　　７月　参議院議員選挙当選（第２０回）
　　２１年　　１月　経済産業委員会委員長
　　２２年　　７月　参議院議員選挙当選（第２２回）
　　２２年　　９月　財務副大臣
　　２４年　１０月　厚生労働副大臣
　　２７年　　１月　参議院東日本大震災復興及び原子力問題特別委員長
　　２８年　　７月　参議院議員選挙当選（第２４回）
令和　元年　　５月　参議院自民党会派入会
　　　４年　　４月　自由民主党入党
　　　４年　　７月　参議院議員選挙当選（第２６回）
　　　５年　　９月　自由民主党財務金融部会長
　　　６年　　１月　参議院予算委員会委員長（令和7年1月まで）

ベンチャー企業にて国内企業の新規事業支援を経験後、アリババジャパンに入社。
世界最大級のグローバルB2Bプラットフォーム「Alibaba.com」の日本会員招致に従事。
他、金融機関をはじめとする各種アライアンス先との協業・開発も兼任。
アリババグループの強みであるAIを駆使し、「AI × 海外展開」の切り口で日本のSMEs/大手企業の海外向けマーケティング/ビジネスを支援。

Born in 1984 in Oita Prefecture.
After graduating from Kyushu University Graduate School, he joined Itochu Corporation.
He is involved in project management for the import and export of pharmaceuticals and overseas factory construction, etc. He spends his days traveling between Asia, Europe and the United States, and since 2016 he has been involved in trading as a futures trader of petrochemical products.
When he encountered Bitcoin, he was shocked by the fact that virtual currency can transfer value without going through a bank, based on his experience in international trade.
Convinced that fintech will change the world, he founded STANDAGE Inc. with his junior colleague at Itochu, current Vice President Omori, in March 2017. He is currently involved in the development and operation of DigiTrad, a trade platform that includes a new international payment system using blockchain technology, while also working to support domestic small and medium-sized enterprises in expanding into export markets.

Graduated from the Graduate School of Chemistry and Biotechnology at the University of Tokyo in 2012.
During his university days, his research focused on developing materials for diagnostic drugs for the early detection of cancer cells.
As a travel enthusiast, he placed importance on frequent overseas business trips for work, and joined the general trading company Itochu Corporation, where he was mainly involved in trading of pharmaceuticals and healthcare products, as well as M&A with overseas companies.
Having previously run a resale business on Amazon and eBay as a hobby, he keenly felt the slowness of the digital shift in B2B trade, but was also strongly convinced of the potential of digital transformation in this field. In 2017, he co-founded STANDAGE Co., Ltd. with Akinori Adachi (current CEO of STANDAGE), who was his senior at Itochu at the time.
Currently, as the head of sales/marketing, he is working daily to develop users and collaborative partners and promote business development.