Shigeru Ochiai

Shigeru Ochiai (落合シゲル) is a Kozanese politician who served as the Prime Minister of Kozan from 1970 until 1978, being a highly influential voice within the country's history. Born on August 6, 1936 to a low-income family in Kanjotaki in New Saitama province, he was a film actor prior to entering politics. He graduated from the University of New Saitama with a degree in economics, and won a seat in Kozan's parliament in 1962. Ochiai secured the Socialist Party nomination for Prime Minister and won the 1970 Kozan General Election.