Tomoya Hosoda (細田 智也, Hosoda Tomoya, born 14 November 1991[1]) is a Japanese politician who, on 17 March 2017, became the first transgender male politician to be elected to office when he was elected to the city council of Iruma, Saitama.
[2][3] He underwent gender confirmation surgery in 2015 at the age of 23.
[4][5][a] After graduating from Teikyo University, he had worked as medical technologist at a hospital in Shizuoka before he was elected.
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