List of prime ministers of Japan by home prefecture

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This is a list of prime ministers of Japan by home prefecture. This is based on prefectures where each prime minister was born, and not based on prefectures primarily affiliated or most closely associated with the prime ministers due to residence, professional career, or electoral history. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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This list includes Provinces, the former administrative divisions used from the 600s to 1882.

Birthplaces

Twelve provinces and twenty-one prefectures, including 1 metropolis (Tokyo) have the distinction of being the birthplace of a prime minister.

Born on 1 April 1870, Hamaguchi Osachi was the first prime minister born after the establishment of the Empire of Japan.

Born on 6 December 1948, Yoshihide Suga was the first prime minister born after the establishment of the post-war state of Japan.

The number of prime ministers per provinces and prefectures in which they were born are:

Date of birthPrime MinisterBirthplacePrefecture [a] of birthIn office
16 October 1841 Itō Hirobumi Tsukari Suō Province
  • 22 December 1885 – 30 April 1888
  • 8 August 1892 – 31 August 1896
  • 12 January – 30 June 1898
  • 19 October 1900 – 10 May 1901
9 November 1840 Kuroda Kiyotaka Kagoshima Satsuma Province 30 April 1888 – 25 October 1889
14 June 1838 Yamagata Aritomo Kawashima Nagato Province
  • 24 December 1889 – 6 May 1891
  • 8 November 1898 – 19 October 1900
25 February 1835 Matsukata Masayoshi KagoshimaSatsuma Province
  • 6 May 1891 – 8 August 1892
  • 18 September 1896 – 12 January 1898
11 March 1838 Ōkuma Shigenobu Saga Hizen Province
  • June 30, – November 8, 1898
  • April 16, 1914 – October 9, 1916
4 January 1848 Katsura Tarō Hagi Nagato Province
  • 2 June 1901 – 7 January 1906
  • 14 July 1908 – 30 August 1911
  • 21 December 1912 – 20 February 1913
7 December 1849 Saionji Kinmochi Kyoto Yamashiro Province
  • 7 January 1906 – 14 July 1908
  • 30 August 1911 – 21 December 1912
26 November 1852 Yamamoto Gonnohyōe KagoshimaSatsuma Province
  • 20 February 1913 – 16 April 1914
  • 2 September 1923 – 7 January 1924
5 February 1852 Terauchi Masatake Yamaguchi Nagato Province9 October 1916 – 29 September 1918
15 March 1856 Hara Takashi Motomiya Mutsu Province 29 September 1918 – 4 November 1921
27 July 1854 Takahashi Korekiyo Edo Musashi Province 13 November 1921 – 12 June 1922
22 February 1861 Katō Tomosaburō Hiroshima Aki Province 12 June 1922 – 24 August 1923
14 February or 27 March 1850 Kiyoura Keigo Kamoto Higo Province 7 January – 11 June 1924
3 January 1860 Katō Takaaki Aisai Owari Province 11 June 1924 – 28 January 1926
21 March 1866 Wakatsuki Reijirō Matsue Izumo Province
  • 28 January 1926 – 20 April 1927
  • 14 April 1931 – 13 December 1931
22 June 1864 Tanaka Giichi HagiNagato Province20 April 1927 – 2 July 1929
1 April 1870 Hamaguchi Osachi Kōchi Tosa Province
  • 2 July 1929 – 14 November 1930
  • 10 March – 14 April 1931
4 June 1855 Inukai Tsuyoshi Okayama Bitchū Province 13 December 1931 – 15 May 1932
27 October 1858 Saitō Makoto Mizusawa Mutsu Province26 May 1932 – 8 July 1934
20 January 1868 Keisuke Okada Fukui Echizen Province 8 July 1934 – 9 March 1936
14 February 1878 Kōki Hirota Fukuoka Fukuoka 9 March 1936 – 2 February 1937
23 February 1876 Senjūrō Hayashi Tokyo City Tokyo Prefecture 2 February – 4 June 1937
12 October 1891 Fumimaro Konoe Tokyo CityTokyo Prefecture
  • 4 June 1937 – 5 January 1939
  • 22 July 1940 – 18 October 1941
28 September 1867 Hiranuma Kiichirō Tsuyama Mimasaka Province 5 January – 30 August 1939
24 November 1875 Nobuyuki Abe Kanazawa Ishikawa 30 August 1939 – 16 January 1940
2 March 1880 Mitsumasa Yonai MitsuwariIwate16 January – 22 July 1940
30 December 1884 Hideki Tojo Tokyo CityTokyo Prefecture18 October 1941 – 22 July 1944
22 March 1880 Kuniaki Koiso Utsunomiya Tochigi 22 July 1944 – 7 April 1945
18 January 1868 Kantarō Suzuki Kuze Izumi Province 7 April – 17 August 1945
3 December 1887 Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni Kyoto Kyoto 17 August – 9 October 1945
13 September 1872 Kijūrō Shidehara Sakai Nara Province
  • 14 November 1930 – 10 March 1931
  • 9 October 1945 – 22 May 1946
22 September 1878 Shigeru Yoshida Yokosuka Kanagawa
  • 22 May 1946 – 24 May 1947
  • 15 October 1948 – 10 December 1954
28 July 1887 Tetsu Katayama Fujisawa Kanagawa24 May 1947 – 10 March 1948
15 November 1887 Hitoshi Ashida Tokyo CityTokyo Prefecture10 March 1948 – 15 October 1948
1 January 1883 Ichirō Hatoyama Tokyo CityTokyo Prefecture10 December 1954 – 23 December 1956
25 September 1884 Tanzan Ishibashi Tokyo CityTokyo Prefecture23 December 1956 – 31 January 1957
13 November 1896 Nobusuke Kishi Yamaguchi Yamaguchi 31 January 1957 – 19 July 1960
3 December 1899 Hayato Ikeda Takehara Hiroshima 19 July 1960 – 9 November 1964
27 March 1901 Eisaku Satō Tabuse Yamaguchi9 November 1964 – 7 July 1972
4 May 1918 Kakuei Tanaka Nishiyama Niigata 7 July 1972 – 9 December 1974
17 March 1907 Takeo Miki Awa Tokushima 9 December 1974 – 24 December 1976
14 January 1905 Takeo Fukuda Takasaki Gunma 24 December 1976 – 7 December 1978
12 March 1910 Masayoshi Ōhira Kan'onji Kagawa 7 December 1978 – 12 June 1980
11 January 1911 Zenko Suzuki Yamada Iwate17 July 1980 – 27 November 1982
27 May 1918 Yasuhiro Nakasone TakasakiGunma27 November 1982 – 6 November 1987
26 February 1924 Noboru Takeshita Unnan Shimane 6 November 1987 – 3 June 1989
27 August 1922 Sōsuke Uno Moriyama Shiga 3 June 1989 – 10 August 1989
2 January 1931 Toshiki Kaifu Nagoya Aichi 10 August 1989 – 5 November 1991
8 October 1919 Kiichi Miyazawa Fukuyama Hiroshima5 November 1991 – 9 August 1993
14 January 1938 Morihiro Hosokawa Tokyo CityTokyo Prefecture9 August 1993 – 28 April 1994
24 August 1935 Tsutomu Hata Tokyo CityTokyo Prefecture28 April 1994 – 30 June 1994
3 March 1924 Tomiichi Murayama Ōita Ōita 30 July 1994 – 11 January 1996
29 July 1937 Ryutaro Hashimoto Sōja Okayama 11 January 1996 – 30 July 1998
25 June 1937 Keizō Obuchi Nakanojō Gunma30 July 1998 – 5 April 2000
14 July 1937 Yoshirō Mori Nomi Ishikawa5 April 2000 – 26 April 2001
8 January 1942 Junichiro Koizumi YokosukaKanagawa26 April 2001 – 26 September 2006
21 September 1954 Shinzo Abe Shinjuku Tokyo
  • 26 September 2006 – 26 September 2007
  • 26 December 2012 – 16 September 2020
16 July 1936 Yasuo Fukuda TakasakiGunma26 September 2007 – 24 September 2008
20 September 1940 Tarō Asō Iizuka Fukuoka24 September 2008 – 16 September 2009
11 February 1947 Yukio Hatoyama Bunkyō Tokyo16 September 2009 – 8 June 2010
10 October 1946 Naoto Kan Ube Yamaguchi8 June 2010 – 2 September 2011
20 May 1957 Yoshihiko Noda Funabashi Chiba 2 September 2011 – 26 December 2012
6 December 1948 Yoshihide Suga Yuzawa Akita 16 September 2020 – 4 October 2021
29 July 1957 Fumio Kishida Shibuya Tokyo4 October 2021 – 1 October 2024
4 February 1957 Shigeru Ishiba Chiyoda Tokyo1 October 2024 – Present

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