Kunio Hiramatsu (平松 邦夫, Hiramatsu Kunio, born 15 November 1948) was the mayor of Osaka in Japan. He was elected in 2007 with centre-left support from the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), People's New Party and the Social Democratic Party, defeating the centre-right supported incumbent Jun'ichi Seki by 50,000 votes.

Kunio Hiramatsu (平松 邦夫, Hiramatsu Kunio)
Kunio Hiramatsu, 3 October 2008
18th Mayor of Osaka
In office 19 December 2007 – 18 December 2011
Preceded by	Junichi Seki
Succeeded by	Tōru Hashimoto
Personal details
Born	(1948-11-15) 15 November 1948 (age 75) Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture
Nationality	Japanese
Political party	none
Alma mater	Doshisha University Law School
Occupation	television personality, Mainichi Broadcasting System
Profession	Announcer
Website	http://www.hiramatsu-osaka.com/

Hiramatsu unsuccessfully ran for re-election in Osaka's mayoral election on 27 November 2011,^[1] when his challenger was the former Osaka Governor Tōru Hashimoto.^[1] Despite support from both major Japanese national parties (the DPJ and the Liberal Democratic Party), and the Japanese Communist Party retracting their candidate to support his re-election bid, Hiramatsu lost to Hashimoto by a margin of well over 200,000 votes.