Yoichi Shiraishi is a Japanese politician who is a member of the House of Representatives of Japan.

After graduating from the Faculty of Law at University of Tokyo, he joined the Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan.

In 1993, he received an MBA from the Graduate School of Business Administration at University of California, Berkeley.

[1][2] In February 2007, Yoichi Shiraishi was nominated by Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) as a candidate for Ehime 3rd district and began campaigning for the election.

[1] Meanwhile, ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) officially nominated Toru Shiraishi as its candidate after Shinya Ono's retirement.