Blake Oshiro, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetBlake Oshiro
American politician
Date of Birth: 16-Jan-1970
Place of Birth: Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Blake Oshiro
- Blake Oshiro (born January 16, 1970) is an American politician and lawyer.
- From 2011 to 2014, he served as deputy chief of staff to the Governor of Hawaii Neil Abercrombie.
- Oshiro previously served as Majority Leader of the Hawaii House of Representatives, where he represented District 33, comprising the Honolulu neighborhoods of Aiea and Halawa.
- He spent ten years in the legislature. Oshiro was first elected to the House in 2000 and took office the following January.
- He subsequently won re-election at two-year intervals.
- Oshiro came out as gay in 2010 during the debate over Hawaii House Bill 444, which granted civil union rights to same-sex couples in Hawaii.
- He subsequently faced a socially conservative primary challenger in his 2010 race for reelection, Honolulu City Councilman Gary Okino.
- Oshiro defeated Okino by 56 percent to 44%.
- In the general election held on November 2, 2010, Oshiro was reelected over Republican opponent Sam Kong by a margin of 54.5% to 45.5%.In November 2011, Oshiro announced that he would resign from the legislature in order to become Neil Abercrombie's deputy chief of staff.
- His resignation became effective December 7, 2011.
- Per Hawaii law, Governor Abercrombie had to select Oshiro's successor as state representative from the 33rd district.
- He chose former state representative and majority leader Tom Okamura, who Oshiro had succeeded in January 2001.
- Due to poor health, Okamura had to resign just weeks after accepting the appointment.
- Abercrombie appointed Heather Giugni, a Native Hawaiian filmmaker, to the seat in February 2012.After Abercrombie left office at the end of 2014, Oshiro returned to the private sector as a lawyer with Honolulu law firm Alston Hunt Floyd.
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