Reiwa Shinsengumi
Political party in Japan
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| 2024 | Reiwa Shinsengumi won 9 seats in the Japanese general election, tripling their previous seat count in the House of Representatives and securing 6.98% of the proportional representation vote. |
| 2024 | Reiwa Shinsengumi expanded their electoral presence, increasing to 35 candidates and improving their vote share to 6.98% in the PR Block, maintaining their position as an opposition party. |
| July 25 2022 | Taro Yamamoto returns as Councillor for Tokyo |
| April 15 2022 | Taro Yamamoto's term as Representative for Tokyo PR block ends |
| 2021 | Reiwa Shinsengumi, led by Taro Yamamoto, participated in the Tokyo prefectural election, receiving 37,299 votes (0.80% of the total votes). |
| 2021 | Reiwa Shinsengumi, led by Taro Yamamoto, participated in the House of Representatives election, securing 21 candidates and 0.43% of PR Block votes, establishing themselves as a new opposition party. |
| 2021 | Toru Yamamoto withdrew from running in Tokyo's 8th district and instead ran in the Tokyo PR block as part of a joint opposition coalition with the Constitutional Democratic Party, Japanese Communist Party, and Social Democratic Party to avoid vote splitting. |
| 2021 | Reiwa Shinsengumi withdrew 7 candidates (40% of their planned candidate slate) as part of a strategic joint opposition platform to prevent vote splitting between opposition parties. |
| October 31 2021 | Taro Yamamoto becomes Representative for Tokyo PR block |
| 2020 | Yamamoto ran as a candidate in the Tokyo gubernatorial election, finishing third with 10.72% of the votes. The party's campaign platform included a direct cash assistance program in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2019 | The party declared its policy platform, which included banning nuclear power, raising minimum wage, implementing laws to protect free education, disability rights, LGBT rights, and animal rights, and proposing a basic income system. |
| July 2019 | Reiwa Shinsengumi contested the House of Councilors election, winning more than 4% of the vote and securing two seats, a significant achievement just three and a half months after the party's formation. |
| July 21 2019 | Taro Yamamoto's term as Councillor for Tokyo ends |
| April 10 2019 | Yamamoto held a press conference to announce the party's official platform and political goals. |
| April 1 2019 | Taro Yamamoto takes office as the first leader of Reiwa Shinsengumi |
| April 1 2019 | Taro Yamamoto founded the Reiwa Shinsengumi political party with the intention of standing multiple candidates in the upcoming House of Councillors election. |
| 2016 | Taro Yamamoto splits a part of the Liberal Party, founding Reiwa Shinsengumi |
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