The new cabinet of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (64), which was inaugurated on March 21, is led by Norimi Onoda (42), who was selected as Minister of State for Economic and Security Affairs. Norimi Onoda, 42 , whose dress she wore to the appointment ceremony became a topic of conversation, is the author of “Love Hina” and “Magical Teacher Negima! and other manga authors, manga artist, and member of the House of Councillors, Ken Akamatsu, posted on March 22, “Minister Kimi Onoda, who has just joined the cabinet for the first time, is a serious otaku, as already reported on the Internet news, and a former professional publicist and producer of mainly situation CDs and BLCDs for women. To see just how awesome he is, watch around 8:20 of this video,” he added, with a link to a video of him and Onoda performing together. The post received 3 million impressions in the 10 hours or so after it was posted. Onoda reposted the post, saying, “No, no, I’m really just a casual observer…but I was happy to be able to talk a lot about my favorite works! Thank you very much! He replied, “Thank you very much for that! This post was greeted with a few comments from followers, such as, “Minister Norimi Onoda is just a novice in the art…? The more “real” people are humble enough to call themselves “wankers,” the more “wankers” are humble enough to call themselves “wankers. I wish I had noticed the video a little earlier. Mr. Onoda was the captain of Mr. Takaichi’s camp in the presidential election. Born in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., to an American father and Japanese mother, and raised in Okayama Prefecture, Onoda was first elected to the Okayama district in the 2016 Upper House election as an official candidate of the Liberal Democratic Party; he won a convincing victory in the 2010 Upper House election despite announcing that he would not receive support from the New Komeito Party, and was thus dubbed “Jeanne d’Arc of Okayama She was also called the “Jeanne d’Arc of Okayama.