What is Kinuyo Someya?
'''Kinuyo Someya''' (染谷絹代, Someya Kinuyo, born 5 July 1954) is a Japanese politician. In 2013, she was elected mayor of Shimada City, becoming the first female mayor of the city, as well as one of the first female mayors of Shizuoka Prefecture. == Life == Someya was born in 1954 in Iwaki She was chairman of the Shimada school board.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2024-02-29|title=政府に振り回される自治体の本音 染谷絹代・静岡県島田市長「より柔軟に裁量権を認めて」 {{!}} 概要 {{!}} AERA dot. (アエラドット)|url=https://dot.asahi.com/articles/-/61321|access-date=2024-03-05|website=web.archive.org|archive-date=2024-02-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229100601/https://dot.asahi.com/articles/-/61321|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> Someya ran in the 2013 municipal elections for the city of Shimada, against incumbent mayor Katsurō Sakurai. She ran a long-term electoral campaign, focusing on the desire to change the city's institutions. She won the mayoral race, with a lead of 5,000 votes. She was re-elected twice, in 2017, with 12,000 votes,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2024-03-03|title=島田市長に染谷氏 - 日本経済新聞|url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXLASDE21H0K_R20C17A5000000/|access-date=2024-03-05|website=web.archive.org|archive-date=2024-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303114703/https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXLASDE21H0K_R20C17A5000000/|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> and then in 2021, with a lead of more than 15,000 votes. During her 2021 election campaign, she enjoyed broad popular support, after taking Covid-19 measures in Shimada. <ref>{{Cite web|date=2024-03-02|title=＜考えるリニア＞ 大井川流域１０市町まとめる染谷・島田市長 ：中日新聞しずおかWeb|url=https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/858501|access-date=2024-03-05|website=web.archive.org|archive-date=2024-03-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240302143735/https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/858501|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> == References == <references /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Someya, Kinuyo}} [[Category:1954 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Japanese mayors]]