title: Kenta Matsunami
text: # Kenta Matsunami
  
  Kenta Matsunami (松浪 健太, Matsunami Kenta, born August 17, 1971) is a Japanese politician of the Initiatives from Osaka party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Izumisano, Osaka and graduate of Waseda University, he joined Sankei Shimbun in 1997. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2002 for the Liberal Democratic Party in a by-election. After losing his seat in 2003, he was re-elected in 2005.
  
  