List of prefectural governors in Japan

This is a list of current governors of the prefectures of Japan.

Prefecture Picture Current Governor Party Term Took office Office expires
Aichi Hideaki Omura February 15, 2011 February 14, 2023
Akita Norihisa Satake April 20, 2009 April 19, 2021
Aomori Shingo Mimura June 29, 2003 June 28, 2023
Chiba Kensaku Morita April 5, 2009 April 4, 2021
Ehime Tokihiro Nakamura December 1, 2010 November 30, 2022
Fukui Tatsuji Sugimoto April 23, 2019[1] April 22, 2023
Fukuoka Hiroshi Ogawa April 23, 2011 April 22, 2023
Fukushima Masao Uchibori November 12, 2014 November 11, 2022
Gifu Hajime Furuta February 6, 2005 February 5, 2021
Gunma Ichita Yamamoto July 28, 2019 July 27, 2023
Hiroshima Hidehiko Yuzaki November 29, 2009 November 28, 2021
Hokkaidō Naomichi Suzuki April 23, 2019[2] April 22, 2023
Hyōgo Toshizō Ido August 1, 2001 July 31, 2021
Ibaraki Kazuhiko Ōigawa September 26, 2017 September 25, 2021
Ishikawa Masanori Tanimoto March 29, 1994[3] March 26, 2022
Iwate Takuya Tasso April 30, 2007 September 10, 2023
Kagawa Keizō Hamada September 5, 2010 September 4, 2022
Kagoshima Satoshi Mitazono July 28, 2016[4] July 27, 2020
Kanagawa Yūji Kuroiwa April 23, 2011 April 22, 2023
Kōchi Seiji Hamada December 7, 2019[5] December 6, 2023
Kumamoto Ikuo Kabashima April 16, 2008 April 14, 2024
Kyoto Takatoshi Nishiwaki April 16, 2018[6][7] April 15, 2022
Mie Eikei Suzuki April 21, 2011 April 20, 2023
Miyagi Yoshihiro Murai November 21, 2005 November 20, 2021
Miyazaki Shunji Kōno January 21, 2011 January 20, 2023
Nagano Shuichi Abe September 1, 2010 August 31, 2022
Nagasaki Hōdō Nakamura March 2, 2010 March 1, 2022
Nara Shōgo Arai May 3, 2007 May 2, 2023
Niigata Hideyo Hanazumi June 10, 2018[8] June 9, 2022
Ōita Katsusada Hirose April 28, 2003 April 27, 2023
Okayama Ryūta Ibaragi November 12, 2012 November 11, 2020
Okinawa Denny Tamaki October 4, 2018[9][10] September 29, 2022
Ōsaka Hirofumi Yoshimura April 4, 2019[11][12] April 3, 2023
Saga Yoshinori Yamaguchi January 14, 2015 January 10, 2023
Saitama Motohiro Ōno August 31, 2019[13][14] August 30, 2023
Shiga 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, 2021
Tochigi Tomikazu Fukuda December 9, 2004 December 8, 2020
Tokushima Kamon Iizumi May 18, 2003 May 17, 2023
Tokyo Yuriko Koike July 31, 2016[15] July 30, 2020
Tottori Shinji Hirai April 13, 2007 April 12, 2023
Toyama Takakazu Ishii November 9, 2004 November 8, 2020
Wakayama Yoshinobu Nisaka December 17, 2006 December 16, 2022
Yamagata Mieko Yoshimura February 14, 2009 February 13, 2021
Yamaguchi Tsugumasa Muraoka February 25, 2014 February 22, 2022
Yamanashi Kotaro Nagasaki February 16, 2019 February 16, 2023
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