List of current Japanese governors

The governor is the highest ranking executive of a prefecture in Japan.

Prefecture	Picture	Current governor	Former party		Term	Took office	Office expires
Aichi (list)		Hideaki Omura		Independent [a]	Fourth [1]	February 15, 2011	February 11, 2027
Akita (list)		Kenta Suzuki		Independent	First	April 20, 2025	April 19, 2029
Aomori (list)		Sōichirō Miyashita		Independent	First	June 29 , 2023	June 28, 2027
Chiba		Toshihito Kumagai		Independent [b] [2]	Second	April 5, 2021	April 4, 2029
Ehime		Tokihiro Nakamura		Independent [c]	Fourth [3]	December 1, 2010	November 29, 2026
Fukui		Tatsuji Sugimoto		Independent [d]	Second [4]	April 23, 2019 [5]	April 21, 2027
Fukuoka		Seitaro Hattori		Independent [e] [6]	Second	April 14, 2021	April 10, 2029
Fukushima		Masao Uchibori		Independent [f]	Third [7]	November 12, 2014	November 10, 2026
Gifu		Yoshihide Esaki		Independent [g]	First	February 6, 2025	February 5, 2029
Gunma		Ichita Yamamoto		Independent [h]	Second	July 28, 2019	July 27, 2027
Hiroshima (list)		Hidehiko Yuzaki		LDP	Fourth	November 29, 2009	November 28, 2025
Hokkaidō (list)		Naomichi Suzuki		Independent [h] [8]	Second [4]	April 23, 2019 [9]	April 21, 2027
Hyōgo		Motohiko Saitō		Independent [d] [10]	Second	August 1, 2021	November 16, 2028
Ibaraki (list)		Kazuhiko Ōigawa		Independent [h]	Second	September 26, 2017	September 25, 2025
Ishikawa (list)		Hiroshi Hase		LDP [d] [11]	First	March 27, 2022	March 26, 2026
Iwate		Takuya Tasso		Independent [i]	Fourth	April 30, 2007	September 10, 2027
Kagawa		Toyohito Ikeda		Independent [g] [12]	First	September 5, 2022	September 4, 2026
Kagoshima		Kōichi Shiota		Independent [j] [13]	Second	July 28, 2020	July 27, 2028
Kanagawa (list)		Yūji Kuroiwa		Independent [c]	Fourth [4]	April 23, 2011	April 19, 2027
Kōchi		Seiji Hamada		Independent [h] [14]	Second	December 7, 2019 [15]	December 6, 2027
Kumamoto (list)		Takashi Kimura		Independent [h] [16]	First	April 16, 2024	April 15, 2028
Kyoto (list)		Takatoshi Nishiwaki		Independent [k]	Second	April 16, 2018 [17] [18]	April 15, 2026
Mie		Katsuyuki Ichimi		Independent [g] [19]	First	September 14, 2021	September 13, 2025
Miyagi (list)		Yoshihiro Murai		LDP [l]	Fifth	November 21, 2005	November 20, 2025
Miyazaki		Shunji Kōno		Independent [c]	Fourth [20]	January 21, 2011	January 17, 2027
Nagano (list)		Shuichi Abe		Independent [m]	Fourth	September 1, 2010	August 30, 2026
Nagasaki		Kengo Oishi		Independent [n] [21]	First	March 2, 2022	March 1, 2026
Nara		Makoto Yamashita		JIP [4]	First [4]	May 2, 2023	May 1, 2027
Niigata (list)		Hideyo Hanazumi		Independent [h] [22]	Second [23]	June 10, 2018 [24]	June 8, 2026
Ōita		Kiichiro Satō		Independent [l] [4]	First [4]	April 28, 2023	April 27, 2027
Okayama (list)		Ryūta Ibaragi		Independent [o]	Fourth	November 12, 2012	November 11, 2028
Okinawa (list)		Denny Tamaki		Independent [p]	Second [25]	October 4, 2018 [26] [27]	September 29, 2026
Ōsaka (list)		Hirofumi Yoshimura		JIP	Second [4]	April 4, 2019 [28] [29]	April 2, 2027
Saga (list)		Yoshinori Yamaguchi		Independent [j]	Third [30]	January 14, 2015	January 9, 2027
Saitama (list)		Motohiro Ōno		DPP [q]	Second	August 31, 2019 [31] [32]	August 30, 2027
Shiga (list)		Taizō Mikazuki		Independent [i]	Third	July 20, 2014	July 18, 2026
Shimane		Tatsuya Maruyama		Independent	Second [4]	April 30, 2019	April 28, 2027
Shizuoka		Yasutomo Suzuki		Independent [r]	First	May 26, 2024	May 25, 2028
Tochigi		Tomikazu Fukuda		Independent [h]	Sixth	December 9, 2004	December 8, 2028
Tokushima		Masazumi Gotoda		LDP	First	May 18, 2023	May 17, 2027
Tokyo (list)		Yuriko Koike		Independent	Third	August 2, 2016 [33]	July 30, 2028
Tottori		Shinji Hirai		Independent [h]	Fifth [4]	April 13, 2007	April 8, 2027
Toyama		Hachiro Nitta		Independent [n]	Second	November 9, 2020	November 8, 2028
Wakayama		Izumi Miyazaki (acting)		Independent	First	April 15, 2025	June 4, 2025
Yamagata		Mieko Yoshimura		Independent [s]	Fifth	February 14, 2009	February 13, 2029
Yamaguchi		Tsugumasa Muraoka		Independent [h]	Third	February 25, 2014	February 22, 2026
Yamanashi		Kotaro Nagasaki		LDP [h] [34]	Second [35]	February 17, 2019	February 16, 2027

See also

• Lists of governors of prefectures of Japan

Notes

1. First elected with the support of Genzei Nippon and NKP.
2. First elected with the support of CDP, DPFP, JIP, SDP as well as partial support from LDP representatives.
3. First elected with the support of DPJ, LDP and NKP.
4. First elected with the support of LDP and JIP.
5. First elected with the support of CDP, DPFP, LDP, NKP and SDP.
6. First elected with the support of DPJ, LDP, NKP and SDP.
7. First elected with the support of CDP, DPFP, LDP and NKP.
8. First elected with the support of LDP and NKP.
9. First elected with the support of DPJ.
10. First elected without the support of political parties.
11. First elected with the support of CDP, DP, Kibō no Tō, LDP, NKP and SDP.
12. First elected with the support of LDP.
13. First elected with the support of DPJ, PNP and SDP.
14. First elected with partial support of LDP and JIP.
15. First elected with the support of LDP, NKP and SP.
16. First elected with the support of CDP, DPFP, JCP, LP, OSMP and SDP.
17. First elected with the support of CDP, DPP, JCP and SDP.
18. First elected with the support of CDP and DPP.
19. First elected with the support of DPJ, JCP and SDP.

References

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30. "県知事選で山口氏３選　県民と共に歩む佐賀県に". 佐賀新聞 (in Japanese). 18 December 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
31. Former Upper House lawmaker Motohiro Ono beats ruling bloc-backed rival to become Saitama governor, Japan Times, 9 October 2019.
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External links

• 知事ファイル (in Japanese). 全国知事会ホームページ. 2016-07-31. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
• "List of Prefectural Governors". English / 全国知事会ホームページ. 2015-06-27. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-01-11.