Yutaka Ōta

Yutaka Ōta (Japanese: 太田寛; 19 September 1956 – 28 November 2025) was a Japanese politician.

Life and career

Ōta was born 19 September 1956 in Nagano Prefecture.[1] After graduating from Nagano Prefecture Matsumoto Fukashi High School, he went on to the Faculty of Law at Kyoto University.[2] Following graduation from university in 1979 he joined the Nagano Prefectural Office. After a brief period in Los Angeles from 1990, he returned to Japan in 1993, and was a member of the Nagano Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee (NAOC).[3]

In 2021, he ran for the Azumino mayoral election and was successfully elected. On October 6, 2025, he was re-elected without a vote, the first time this had happened since the establishment of Azumino City.[4]

He died 28 November 2025, aged 69.[5]

References

  1. ^ "長野県職員時代の仕事ぶりに定評 安曇野市長に初当選 太田寛氏の横顔｜信濃毎日新聞デジタル 信州・長野県のニュースサイト". 信濃毎日新聞デジタル (in Japanese). 2021-10-18. Retrieved 2025-12-15.
  2. ^ "太田寛（おおたゆたか）公式ホームページ 「住みたい安曇野　住んでよかった安曇野」". 太田寛（おおたゆたか）公式ホームページ (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2021-10-22. Retrieved 2025-12-15.
  3. ^ "太田寛（おおたゆたか）公式ホームページ 「住みたい安曇野　住んでよかった安曇野」". 太田寛（おおたゆたか）公式ホームページ (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2021-10-22. Retrieved 2025-12-15.
  4. ^ "安曇野市長に現職の太田寛氏(69)が無投票再選…２期目へ「種をまいて花開いた実を確実なものに」 安曇野市発足以来初めての無投票 | SBC NEWS | 長野のニュース | SBC信越放送". SBC NEWS (in Japanese). 2025-10-05. Retrieved 2025-12-15.
  5. ^ "ニュース". 株式会社 長野放送 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-12-15.
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