Yamaguchi City Council Election Results: New Members Elected, Top Winner from Reiwa Shinsengumi Party – Live Updates and Final Count Confirmed at 1:10 AM

Yamaguchi City’s municipal council election concluded on April 26, 2026, with 32 seats filled from a field of 42 candidates, resulting in a contest ratio of 1.31-to-1. Vote counting began immediately after polls closed, and by 1:10 a.m. On April 27, results were confirmed, showing a notable victory for a newcomer from the Reiwa Shinsengumi party.

The top vote-getter was Sawata Makoto, a 61-year-old male candidate running as a newcomer for the Reiwa Shinsengumi party. He is the representative director of Sawata Surveying Office, a local firm. His win marked a significant showing for the party in the city council race.

Other candidates in the race included incumbent and newcomer figures from various parties and backgrounds. Among them were Miyagawa Hideyuki, a 55-year-old incumbent from the Liberal Democratic Party who works as a city council member and administrative scrivener; Yamagata Kousuke, a 37-year-old newcomer and company employee who also serves on the Yamaguchi City Child-rearing Conference; and Kakunami Mizuho, a 54-year-old woman running as a newcomer without party affiliation, involved in children’s cafeteria support as a regional coordinator and NPO representative.

Additional candidates listed in early tallies included Fujimoto Masakazu, a 64-year-old man without party affiliation working in safety auditing at a holdings company; Yasukouchi Atsuro, a 29-year-old incumbent serving as deputy chair of the Agriculture and Construction Committee, also employed at a dispatch company and as a graduate student at Kyushu University, while representing a student-led power company; Sekitani Takuma, a 35-year-old man from the Democratic Party for the People, employed as a party official and organizational role holder; Kuramashi Kenji, a 59-year-old incumbent without party affiliation working as a barber; Nakano Teruaki, a 50-year-old incumbent without party affiliation and current city council member; and Nomura Yutaro, a 43-year-old man without party affiliation.

The election was officially announced on April 19, 2026, with voting held on April 26. The term expiration triggered the vote, filling 32 seats on the Yamaguchi City Council. Official results were published through local media outlets, including the Yamaguchi Newspaper electronic edition, which provided real-time updates during the counting process.

As of the latest confirmed tally, all 32 seats have been determined, completing the municipal council membership for the upcoming term. No further changes to the results are expected unless formally challenged through legal recount procedures, which have not been indicated at this time.