Yuriko Koike
- Koike is the first woman to be elected as Tokyo's governor. In July 2020, she captured 60% of the vote to win reelection in a landslide.
- She was propelled to victory by her good handling of the city's coronavirus response, which included providing support for small businesses.
- "Our urgent task, above everything else, is coronavirus responses," she said in July 2020.
- As head of the world's largest city (by population), Koike is considered a contender to one day be Japan's prime minister.
- Before entering politics in the 90's, Koike was a journalist, even nabbing an award for Female Broadcaster of Japan in 1990.
