sentences:  Ryota Takeda
  
  A native of the town of Akaike in Tagawa District, Fukuoka (now part of Fukuchi, Fukuoka), Takeda graduated Waseda University.The son of Tanaka Rokusuke (January 23, 1923 - January 31, 1985), a former member of the House of Representatives, Ryota Takeda was elected for the first time in 2003 after running unsuccessfully three times in 1993, 1996 and 2000.