Tamao Inada decided to become an attorney out of her desire to help people in need. Such aspiration was firmly established in her mind when she read the biography of Shozo Tanaka as an elementary school student.  Ms. Inada was moved by his efforts to protect the human rights of people with no voice in society, to emphasize that a ‘true civilization’ must protect its people and conserve the natural environment, and to achieve happiness for people and to realize a better society throughout his lifetime more than 100 years ago.

After graduating from law school, Ms. Inada worked as a secretary for a member of the Diet, where she repeatedly saw the difficulty for women to be active in that culture and in society at large.  Based on this experience, she desires to create an environment and legal framework that will enable many women to flourish in the business communities, and corporate and legal circles, and is devoted to such pursuit.

Ms. Inada is aspiring to become an attorney who wields strong power in the language.  She actively seeks to develop her ability to make bold and persuasive claims for her clients and guide them accordingly to solve their problems. She believes that she can take advantage of her empathic ability to feel as if another person’s issues are her own and the ability to look at the essence of things with her flexible way of thinking.

In order to protect the interests of Japanese companies operating their business globally, Ms. Inada will employ her knowledge in economics which she studied at university, and in addition, she is now acquiring a global perspective of law and business, as well as language skills.

Education & Professional Career

Jan 2024	Joined Kitahama Partners
Dec 2023	Graduated from the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan; Admitted to practice in Japan
Aug 2020 – Nov 2022	Worked for a member of the House of Representatives
Mar 2020	Waseda Law School (J.D.)
Mar 2017	Waseda University, School of Political Science and Economics