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{{Short description|Japanese politician (born 1951)}}
[[Category:Japanese politicians]]▼
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Fusae Saitō
| native_name = {{nobold|齊藤 房江}}
| native_name_lang = ja
| image = Fusae Ohta 20140903.jpg
| caption = Official portrait, 2014
| office = Member of the [[House of Councillors]]
| constituency = [[Japanese House of Councillors national proportional representation block|National PR]] (2013–2019)<br>[[Osaka at-large district|Osaka at-large]] (2019–2025)
| term_start = 29 July 2013
| term_end = 28 July 2025
| predecessor = ''Multi-member district''
| successor =
| office1 = [[List of governors of Osaka Prefecture|Governor of Osaka Prefecture]]
| monarch1 = [[Akihito]]
| term_start1 = 5 February 2000
| term_end1 = 4 February 2008
| predecessor1 = [[Knock Yokoyama]]
| successor1 = [[Tōru Hashimoto]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|6|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kure, Hiroshima]], [[Occupation of Japan|Japan]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic]]
| otherparty =
| spouse =
| children =
| residence =
| alma_mater = [[University of Tokyo]]
}}
{{nihongo|'''Fusae Ōta'''|太田 房江|Ōta Fusae|born June 26, 1951}} is a Japanese politician, a former governor of [[Osaka Prefecture]], and the country's first female prefectural governor. Her married name is {{nihongo|'''Fusae Saitō'''|齊藤 房江|Saitō Fusae}}. She is affiliated to the revisionist lobby [[Nippon Kaigi]].<ref>"日本会議の全貌——知られざる巨大組織の実態" Yoshifumi Tawara、2016/06/17。{{ISBN|9784763407818}}</ref><ref>"日本会議と神社本庁" ("Japan Conference and the Association of Shinto shrines") Muneo Narusawa 2016/06/28。{{ISBN|9784865720105}}</ref>
== Career ==
Born in [[Kure, Hiroshima]], she later moved to [[Toyohashi, Aichi]].
After graduating from the [[University of Tokyo]] with an [[economics]] degree in
Osaka hosts the March [[sumo]] tournament, one of Japan's [[Sumo#Professional sumo tournaments|six major tournaments]], and the governor of each prefecture presents the "Governor's Prize" to the champion of each tournament. Given the [[Sumo Association|Sumo Association's]] view that there is a traditional ban on women entering the ''[[dohyō]]'' (ring), and the ring would be "violated" by an "unclean"<ref>Hindell, Juliet [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/662040.stm Sumo excludes woman governor], [[BBC News Online]] March 1, 2000 Retrieved on October 2, 2012</ref> woman entering it,<ref>Green, Shane [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/14/1047583701566.html Sumo wrestles with its weightiest problem], [[The Sydney Morning Herald]], March 15, 2003 Retrieved on October 2, 2012</ref> she was required to do so on the walkway beside the ring or send a male representative in her place. She repeatedly challenged the Sumo Association's policy by requesting to be allowed to fulfill her traditional role as governor. Her requests were repeatedly rejected until she stepped down from office.
Ota's family name is officially [[koseki|registered]] as 齊藤, but she uses the simplified form above for most public purposes.▼
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Ohta's [[family name]] is romanized as ''Ohta'' by the [[Uniform Resource Locator|URL]] of her website (ohtafusae.jp), the state government of [[Hawaii]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hawaii.gov/gov/news/photo_archive/photo2003/Photo_Album.2003-08-08.0631/ohta/view|title = David y. Ige}}</ref> the [[United Nations]] Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unescap.org/huset/women/swiulg/japan/fusae_ohta.doc |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2007-06-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926230036/http://www.unescap.org/huset/women/swiulg/japan/fusae_ohta.doc |archivedate=2007-09-26 }}</ref> Kansai Window,<ref>[http://www.kansai.gr.jp/KansaiWindowHtml/News/2004-e/20040324_NEWS.HTML KIPPO NEWS Wednesday, March 24, 2004<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927211327/http://www.kansai.gr.jp/KansaiWindowHtml/News/2004-e/20040324_NEWS.HTML |date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref> and Dawn Center.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dawncenter.or.jp/english/publication/edawn/0012/governor.html |title=Introduction in English (Publications and Programs) :: DawnCenter<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2007-06-06 |archive-date=2007-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070407094840/http://www.dawncenter.or.jp/english/publication/edawn/0012/governor.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The name is romanized as ''Ota'' by WebJapan,<ref>[http://web-japan.org/trends00/honbun/tj000420.html Osaka's New Leader | Education and Society | Trends in Japan | Web Japan<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> the ''[[Japan Times]]''<ref>[http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070221a3.html Osaka punishes 163 over slush-fund scams | The Japan Times Online<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and the [[BBC]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/662040.stm BBC News | ASIA-PACIFIC | Sumo excludes woman governor<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
==References==
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{{s-bef | before = [[Knock Yokoyama]]}}
{{s-ttl | title = Governor of Osaka Prefecture
| years = February 2000 – February 2008}}
{{s-aft | after = [[Tōru Hashimoto]]}}
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Governors of Osaka]]
[[Category:Women governors of Japan]]
[[Category:People from Kure, Hiroshima]]
[[Category:People from Toyohashi]]
[[Category:Politicians from Osaka Prefecture]]
[[Category:University of Tokyo alumni]]
[[Category:Members of Nippon Kaigi]]
[[Category:Academic staff of Kansai University]]
[[Category:First women governors]]
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