小こ泉いずみチルドレン

noun

Koizumi Children; the 83 new LDP MPs elected in the 2005 general election

Colloquial political term for the large cohort of first-term Liberal Democratic Party members who won seats in the September 2005 general election, widely seen as riding on Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's popularity. Often used in media and political commentary.

See also: ８３会 (はちさんかい)

• 2005年ねんの総そう選せん挙きょで当とう選せんした新しん人じん議ぎ員いんたちは「小こ泉いずみチルドレン」と呼よばれた。

  The new lawmakers elected in the 2005 general election were called 'Koizumi Children'.

• 小こ泉いずみチルドレンの多おおくは、その後ごの選せん挙きょで苦く戦せんした。

  Many of the Koizumi Children struggled in subsequent elections.