Hirofumi Yanagase is a Japanese politician who is a member of the House of Councillors of Japan.

He is a representative member of the national proportional representation block.

In 1997, he graduated from Waseda University.

[1] In 2004, he served as Official Secretary to Renho.

In 2007, he was elected to the Ota City Assembly, and later in 2009 to the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly.