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大島 理森
Official portrait, 2002
Speaker of the House of Representatives
In office 21 April 2015 – 14 October 2021
Monarch	Akihito Naruhito
Deputy	Tatsuo Kawabata Hirotaka Akamatsu
Preceded by	Nobutaka Machimura
Succeeded by	Hiroyuki Hosoda
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
In office 30 September 2002 – 1 April 2003
Prime Minister	Junichiro Koizumi
Preceded by	Tsutomu Takebe
Succeeded by	Yoshiyuki Kamei
Minister of Education and Director-General of the Science and Technology Agency
In office 4 July 2000 – 5 December 2000
Prime Minister	Yoshirō Mori
Preceded by	Hirofumi Nakasone
Succeeded by	Nobutaka Machimura
Director-General of the Environmental Agency
In office 8 August 1995 – 11 January 1996
Prime Minister	Tomiichi Murayama
Preceded by	Sohei Miyashita
Succeeded by	Sukio Iwatare
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
In office 2 February 1990 – 5 November 1991
Prime Minister	Toshiki Kaifu
Preceded by	Takao Fujimoto
Succeeded by	Motoji Kondo
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 19 December 1983 – 14 October 2021
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Junichi Kanda
Constituency	Aomori 1st (1983–1996) Aomori 3rd (1996–2017) Aomori 2nd (2017–2021)
Member of the Aomori Prefectural Assembly
In office 23 April 1975 – June 1980
Constituency	Hachinohe City
Personal details
Born	(1946-09-06) 6 September 1946 (age 78) Hachinohe, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Alma mater	Keio University

Tadamori Ōshima (Japanese: 大島 理森, Hepburn: Ōshima Tadamori, born September 6, 1946) is a well-known Japanese politician. He served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan from 2015 to 2021. The Speaker is like the leader of one part of Japan's parliament. He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, which is a major political group in Japan.

Before becoming Speaker, he held other important jobs. He was the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. This role involves managing farming, forests, and fishing in Japan. He also served as the Minister of Education. This job focuses on schools, culture, sports, and science for the country.

Tadamori Ōshima's Political Journey

Ōshima with members of the Murayama Reshuffled Cabinet at the Prime Minister's Official Residence in 1995.

Tadamori Ōshima was born in Hachinohe, Aomori, a city in Japan. He went to Keio University, which is a famous university. After finishing his studies, he worked at a national newspaper called Mainichi Shimbun from 1970 to 1974.

His political career began in 1975. He was first elected to the Aomori Prefectural Assembly. This is a local government group for the Aomori area. Later, in 1983, he was elected to the House of Representatives. This is one of the two parts of Japan's national parliament. He had tried to get elected in 1980 but was not successful that time.

After a long career in politics, Tadamori Ōshima took on a new role. In January 2023, he was chosen to be a member of the Yokozuna Deliberation Council. This council helps decide who gets the highest rank in sumo wrestling, which is a very important sport in Japan.