Unlike many other leaders of her Liberal Democratic Party, Koike has no real family connection to any major political figure. Instead, her standing reflects her unique political talents: an academic background in Arabic studies (she studied at Cairo University) and fluency in English, which give her a global perspective that most of her male colleagues lack.
即使是在日本也出现了类似的趋势，但却没有像往常那样插上家族势力的标签。曾任国防大臣和国家安全顾问的小池百合子就是该国政坛的其中一个实力派；事实上她有望成为下任日本首相。与她所在的自民党其他成员不同的是，小池与各大政治人物都没有特别的亲缘关系。相反，她所持有的立场反映了其自身的特殊政治天赋：开罗大学阿拉伯研究的教育背景以及流利的英语，而这也赋予了小池百合子其同僚所缺乏的全球视野。