title: Kusuo Oshima
text: # Kusuo Oshima
  
  Kusuo Oshima (大島 九州男, Ōshima Kusuo, born June 11, 1961) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Nogata, Fukuoka and graduate of Nihon University, he served in the city assembly of Nogata. After two unsuccessful runs for the House of Representatives in 2003 and 2005, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2007.
  
  