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List of prefectural governors in Japan 
Summary
The governor is the highest ranking executive of a prefecture in Japan.
| Prefecture | Picture | Current governor | Party | Term | Took office | Office expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aichi
(list) |
|
Hideaki Omura | February 15, 2011 | February 14, 2023 | ||
| Akita | 
|
Norihisa Satake | April 20, 2009 | April 19, 2025 | ||
| Aomori | 
|
Shingo Mimura | June 29, 2003 | June 28, 2023 | ||
| Chiba | Toshihito Kumagai | April 5, 2021 | April 4, 2025 | |||
| Ehime | 
|
Tokihiro Nakamura | December 1, 2010 | November 30, 2022 | ||
| Fukui | Tatsuji Sugimoto | April 23, 2019[1] | April 22, 2023 | |||
| Fukuoka | Seitaro Hattori | April 14, 2021 | April 13, 2025 | |||
| Fukushima | 
|
Masao Uchibori | November 12, 2014 | November 11, 2022 | ||
| Gifu | Hajime Furuta | February 6, 2005 | February 5, 2025 | |||
| Gunma | 
|
Ichita Yamamoto | July 28, 2019 | July 27, 2023 | ||
| Hiroshima
(list) |
|
Hidehiko Yuzaki | November 29, 2009 | November 28, 2025 | ||
| Hokkaidō
(list) |
|
Naomichi Suzuki | April 23, 2019[2] | April 22, 2023 | ||
| Hyōgo | 
|
Motohiko Saitō | August 1, 2021 | July 31, 2025 | ||
| Ibaraki
(list) |
|
Kazuhiko Ōigawa | September 26, 2017 | September 25, 2025 | ||
| Ishikawa
(list) |
|
Hiroshi Hase | March 2022 | March 2026 | ||
| Iwate | 
|
Takuya Tasso | April 30, 2007 | September 10, 2023 | ||
| Kagawa | Keizō Hamada | September 5, 2010 | September 4, 2022 | |||
| Kagoshima | Kōichi Shiota | July 28, 2020 | July 27, 2024 | |||
| Kanagawa
(list) |
|
Yūji Kuroiwa | April 23, 2011 | April 22, 2023 | ||
| Kōchi | Seiji Hamada | December 7, 2019[3] | December 6, 2023 | |||
| Kumamoto
(list) |
Ikuo Kabashima | April 16, 2008 | April 14, 2024 | |||
| Kyoto
(list) |
|
Takatoshi Nishiwaki | April 16, 2018[4][5] | April 15, 2022 | ||
| Mie | 
|
Eikei Suzuki | April 21, 2011 | April 20, 2023 | ||
| Miyagi
(list) |
|
Yoshihiro Murai | November 21, 2005 | November 20, 2025 | ||
| Miyazaki | 
|
Shunji Kōno | January 21, 2011 | January 20, 2023 | ||
| Nagano
(list) |
|
Shuichi Abe | September 1, 2010 | August 31, 2022 | ||
| Nagasaki | Oishi Kengo | Ind | 2022-2026 | March 2, 2022 | March 1, 2026 | |
| Nara | 
|
Shōgo Arai | May 3, 2007 | May 2, 2023 | ||
| Niigata
(list) |
|
Hideyo Hanazumi | June 10, 2018[6] | June 9, 2022 | ||
| Ōita | 
|
Katsusada Hirose | April 28, 2003 | April 27, 2023 | ||
| Okayama
(list) |
|
Ryūta Ibaragi | November 12, 2012 | November 11, 2024 | ||
| Okinawa
(list) |
|
Denny Tamaki | October 4, 2018[7][8] | September 29, 2022 | ||
| Ōsaka
(list) |
|
Hirofumi Yoshimura | April 4, 2019[9][10] | April 3, 2023 | ||
| Saga
(list) |
Yoshinori Yamaguchi | January 14, 2015 | January 10, 2023 | |||
| Saitama
(list) |
|
Motohiro Ōno | August 31, 2019[11][12] | August 30, 2023 | ||
| Shiga
(list) |
Taizō Mikazuki | July 20, 2014 | July 19, 2022 | |||
| Shimane | 
|
Zenbee Mizoguchi | April 30, 2007 | April 29, 2023 | ||
| Shizuoka | 
|
Heita Kawakatsu | July 5, 2009 | July 4, 2025 | ||
| Tochigi | 
|
Tomikazu Fukuda | December 9, 2004 | December 8, 2024 | ||
| Tokushima | Kamon Iizumi | May 18, 2003 | May 17, 2023 | |||
| Tokyo
(list) |
|
Yuriko Koike | July 31, 2016[13] | July 30, 2024 | ||
| Tottori | 
|
Shinji Hirai | April 13, 2007 | April 12, 2023 | ||
| Toyama | Hachiro Nitta | November 9, 2020 | November 8, 2024 | |||
| Wakayama | 
|
Yoshinobu Nisaka | December 17, 2006 | December 16, 2022 | ||
| Yamagata | 
|
Mieko Yoshimura | February 14, 2009 | February 13, 2025 | ||
| Yamaguchi | Tsugumasa Muraoka | February 25, 2014 | February 26, 2026 | |||
| Yamanashi | Kotaro Nagasaki | February 16, 2019 | February 16, 2023 |
See alsoEdit
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- ^ "Ex-bureaucrat Nishiwaki wins Kyoto's gubernatorial election". Mainichi Shimbun. 9 April 2018.
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- ^ "Tamaki's big win in Okinawa deals 'too harsh a blow' for Abe". The Asahi Shimbun. 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
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- ^ Former Upper House lawmaker Motohiro Ono beats ruling bloc-backed rival to become Saitama governor, Japan Times, 9 October 2019.
- ^ Ex-lawmaker beats ruling bloc-backed rival in Saitama governor race Archived 25 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine The Mainichi, 9 October 2019.
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