Makiko Kikuta

Makiko Kikuta (菊田 真紀子, Kikuta Makiko, born October 24, 1969) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kamo, Niigata, she graduated from a high school in Kamo and studied in Heilongjiang University in China. After having served in the assembly of Kamo for two terms since 1995, she ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 2000 as a member of Ichirō Ozawa's Liberal Party, which merged with the DPJ in 2003. She ran again in 2003 and was elected for the first time.