Kenji Tomita

Kenji Tomita (富田健治 November 1, 1897 – March 23, 1977) was a Japanese politician.

He was governor of Nagano Prefecture (1938–1940),[1] served as Cabinet Secretary under Fumimaro Konoe,[2] and was elected to the House of Representatives in 1952.

Tomita was a keen martial artist, studying judo and aikido.

He used his influence to protect aikido's founder Morihei Ueshiba from arrest during the Second Oomoto Incident in 1935[4] and was the first chairman of the Aikikai.

This article about a Japanese politician is a stub.