Shoichi Kondo (近藤 昭一, Kondō Shōichi, born 26 May 1958) is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).^[1] He is a former member of the Democratic Party (DP), the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), and New Party Sakigake. After he joined the DPJ in 1996, he was elected to the House of Representatives.^[2]

Shōichi Kondō
近藤 昭一
Shoichi Kondo in 2011
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 October 1996
Constituency	Aichi-3rd (2014–present, 2000–2012) Tōkai PR (1996–2000, 2012–2014)
Personal details
Born	(1958-05-26) May 26, 1958 (age 65) Nagoya, Japan
Political party	CDP
Other political affiliations	DP (2016–2017, split) DPJ (1996–2016, merger) NPS (1994–1996)
Alma mater	Sophia University

He joined the Chunichi Shimbun, a major left-leaning, progressive and social-democratic general newspaper, in 1984 and left the company in 1993.