Second in an occasional series on the quadrennial unified local elections. The second round will be held on April 26.
Komaki Lee gained fame as a pioneering "Kabukicho guide" who showed foreign visitors the ins and outs of the capital's seedy nightlife entertainment district in Shinjuku Ward.
Now he's going into politics.
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