Rafael Teshiba Tulfo (Tagalog: [ˈɾafi ˈtulfo]; born March 12, 1960) is a Filipino politician, broadcast journalist, and media personality currently serving as a Senator of the Philippines since 2022.

He is the eighth out of ten siblings which includes Tuchi, Bong, Joseph, Edelle,[13] broadcasters Ramon, Ben, Erwin, as well as former tourism secretary Wanda Corazon Teo.

[16] A college dropout, Tulfo spent four years in different universities and studied several majors including economics, political science, agribusiness and commerce but did not finish a degree before becoming a journalist.

He himself in August 2019, has initially stated that he had no plans to enter politics as a candidate in the 2022 elections insisting that he is satisfied in his current situation and would focus on "public service".

[10] At the start of the 19th Congress in July 2022, Tulfo filed his priority bills which include protecting Filipino workers from abusive employers and providing discounts for poor job applicants.

[33] Raffy Tulfo would affirm the lack of interest, requesting survey organizations to "exclude his name" in opinion polls for the upcoming vote and people to support the incumbent administration of President Bongbong Marcos out of courtesy.

[35] On February 28, 2005, the Pasay City Regional Trial Court found Tulfo, Macasaet and Quiano guilty of 14 counts of libel and were sentenced to up to 32 years of imprisonment and ordered to pay a fine of ₱14,700,000 (equivalent to ₱25,979,202 in 2021) total.

[40] On February 24, 2010, the Makati Regional Trial Court convicted Tulfo and seven representatives from Abante's publisher of libel and were ordered to pay a total of ₱10,211,200 (equivalent to ₱14,205,716 in 2021) to Michael Guy for damages and attorney's fees.

[41][42] In January 2007, Tulfo and his brothers Ramon and Erwin, each posted bail after a Quezon City Regional Trial Court judge issued warrants for their arrests following a libel complaint by then-first gentleman Mike Arroyo.

[45] In June 2014, Tulfo again posted bail for an arrest warrant issued by the Quezon City Regional Trial Court after Senior Police Officer III Abubakhar Manlangit filed a libel case against him and his brother Erwin.

[48] In 2023, the Daily Tribune reported that Raffy Tulfo has been a product endorser of the 1UP brand by Superbreakthrough Enterprises, a company which the Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a cease and desist order for illegally soliciting investments.

Julieta Nacpil Licup claimed that she and Tulfo married on October 25, 1982, at a civil wedding in Capas, Tarlac with supporting evidence and they have one daughter named Grendy, born in 1984.