Yasuhiro Nakai
Based in Yokohama and Oku-Noto, he has built a record of cooperation with the police, the Self-Defense Forces, government agencies, foreign embassies, municipalities and facilities, overseas NGOs, and volunteer groups.
Profile
Born April 1972 (age 54)
From Toyama Prefecture ・ Resides in Yokohama
Chairman of NGO International Cooperation Support Group Kozue no Kai.
In July 2015, he founded Kozue no Kai as a Self-Defense Forces support organization. Working with the Toyama Prefecture and Toyama City SDF Family Associations, he ran welcome-home gatherings and study sessions for returning personnel, sustaining community-rooted activities.
From 2020, under the slogan “Circles of goodwill, spread through raisins,” he shifted the main focus to international aid. Through donations to roughly 600 locations, he built a record of cooperation with the Self-Defense Forces, government agencies, foreign embassies, municipalities and facilities, overseas NGOs, and volunteer groups.
Following the Noto Peninsula Earthquake of January 2024, he shifted the work to disaster-recovery support, which continues today from the two bases of Yokohama and Oku-Noto.
Married, father of eight (seven of whom serve in the Self-Defense Forces).
Main partner countries
- Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
- Islamic Republic of Pakistan
- Republic of Indonesia
- People’s Republic of Bangladesh
- Republic of the Philippines
- Republic of Maldives
- Republic of Malta
Public Roles & Titles
- Former Japan Representative Coordinator title, Nepalese Army (Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal)
- Honorary Member, Japan Cultural Promotion Society (general incorporated association)
- Rotarian, Rotary Club of Kathmandu
- Candidate, Toyama City Council election ×2 (2016, 2017)
- Former councilor (Toyama Prefecture) and former director (Toyama City), SDF Family Association
- Deputy Yokohama branch chief, Kanagawa wide-area, NCP All-Japan Civilian Police (an organization officially recognized by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department)
- Former PTA president, Toyama University of International Studies Affiliated High School
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