Chikage Oogi

Chikage Oogi
Chikage Oogi
扇千景
	Official portrait, 2001
President of the House of Councillors
	In office; 30 July 2004 – 28 July 2007
Monarch	Akihito
Deputy	Giichi Tsunoda ; Akira Imaizumi
Preceded by	Hiroyuki Kurata
Succeeded by	Satsuki Eda
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
	In office; 6 January 2001 – 22 September 2003
Prime Minister	Yoshirō Mori; Junichirō Koizumi
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Nobuteru Ishihara
Minister of Transport
	In office; 5 December 2000 – 6 January 2001
Prime Minister	Yoshirō Mori
Preceded by	Hajime Morita
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Minister of Construction
	In office; 4 July 2000 – 6 January 2001
Prime Minister	Yoshirō Mori
Preceded by	Masaaki Nakayama
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Member of the House of Councillors
	In office; September 1993 – 28 July 2007
Preceded by	Kenji Yamaoka
Succeeded by	Multi-member district
Constituency	National PR
	In office; 11 July 1977 – 23 July 1989
Constituency	National district (1977–1983); National PR (1983–1989)
Personal details
Born	10 May 1933; Suma, Kobe, Japan
Died	9 March 2023 (aged 89); Tokyo, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic; (1977–1993; 2003–2023)
Other political; affiliations	Renewal (1993–1994); New Frontier (1994–1997); Liberal (1998–2000); New Conservative; (2000–2003)
Spouse	Sakata Tōjūrō IV (m. 1958; died 2020)
Children	Nakamura Ganjirō IV (eldest son); Nakamura Senjaku III (youngest son);
Relatives	Nakamura Ganjirō II (father-in-law); Tamao Nakamura (sister-in-law); Shintaro Katsu (brother-in-law); Azuma Tokuho II (daughter-in-law); Nakamura Kazutarō (grandson); Nakamura Toranosuke (grandson);
Residence(s)	Tokyo, Japan
Education	Takarazuka Music School
Occupation	Actress and politician

Chikage Oogi (扇千景, Ōgi Chikage), real name Hiroko Hayashi (林寛子, Hayashi Hiroko) (born Hiroko Kimura (木村寛子, Kimura Hiroko); 10 May 1933 – 9 March 2023), was a Japanese actress and politician. During her 30-year-long political career, she served in various important governmental posts, and became the first female President of the House of Councillors, a role she held from 2004 to 2007.

Her pseudonymous surname is also spelled Ogi, Ōgi and Ohgi for a variety of Hepburn romanization systems. She herself used Oogi.