Appointed governors

*1876

Yasuoka Ryosuke Yasuoka may refer to: *Yasuoka (surname), a Japanese surname *Yasuoka, Nagano, a village located in Shimoina District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan *Yasuoka Station, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture {{disambig ...

*1876-1891 Takaaki Tomioka *1891-1896 Matsudaira Masanao *1896-1898

Ōura Kanetake was a politician and bureaucrat in late Meiji and early Taishō period Empire of Japan. In 1907, he was raised to the rank and title of ''danshaku'' (baron) under the ''kazoku'' peerage system. Early life The Ōura family was hereditary ...

*1898-1903 Tokuhisa Tsunenori *1903-1907

Egi Kazuyuki Egi Kazuyuki (May 21, 1853 – August 23, 1932) was a Japanese politician who served as governor of Hiroshima Prefecture in 1898–1903. He was born in Yamaguchi Prefecture. He was also governor of Ibaraki Prefecture (1896–1897), Tochigi Prefect ...

*1907-1908

Norikichi Oshikawa was a Japanese politician. He was born in Kagoshima Prefecture. He was governor of Yamagata Prefecture (1897-1898), Ōita Prefecture (1898-1899), Nagano Prefecture (1899-1902), Iwate Prefecture (1904-1907) and Kumamoto Prefecture (1907-1908). He wa ...

*1908-1912 Kawaji Toshikyo *1912

Tadashi Munakata was a Japanese politician who served as governor of Saitama Prefecture (1897–1898), Aomori Prefecture(1899–1901), Fukui Prefecture (1901–1902), Miyagi Prefecture (1902–1903), Kōchi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on t ...

*1912-1913

Kamiyama Mitsunoshin Kamiyama Mitsunoshin (上山満之進, 31 October 1869 – 30 July 1938) was the 11th Governor-General of Taiwan The governor-general of Taiwan ( ja, 臺灣總督, Taiwan Sōtoku) was the head of the Government-General of Taiwan in the Japa ...

*1913-1914

Tenta Akaboshi was a Japanese politician. He was governor of Kumamoto Prefecture (1913–1914), Yamaguchi Prefecture (1914–1915), Nagano Prefecture (1915–1921) and Nagasaki Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Nagasa ...

*1916-1919

Ōta Masahiro was the 14th Governor-General of Taiwan (1931–1932). He was Governor of Fukushima Prefecture (1913–1915), Ishikawa Prefecture (1915–1916), Kumamoto Prefecture (1916–1919), Niigata Prefecture (1919–1923) and Aichi Prefecture (1923–192 ...

*1919-1921 Hikoji Kawaguchi *1921-1922 Sansuke Nakayama *1922-1923

Tadahiko Okada was a Japanese politician. He was governor of Saitama Prefecture (1916-1919), Nagano Prefecture (1921-1922) and Kumamoto Prefecture (1922-1923). Awards *1945 - Order of the Sacred Treasure The is a Japanese order, established on 4 January ...

*1923-1924 Chisato Tanaka *1924-1925

Nakagawa Kenzō Nakagawa Kenzō (中川健藏, 16 July 1875 – 26 June 1944) was a Japanese bureaucrat and political figure. After graduating from Tokyo Imperial University in 1902, he passed the civil service examination and was posted to the Hokkaido regiona ...

*1925-1926 Yoshifumi Satake *1926-1927 Masao Oka *1927-1929 Saito Munenori *1929-1930 Omori Kichigoro *1930-1931 Bunpei Motoyama *1931-1932 Kenichi Yamashita *1932-1935

Keiichi Suzuki (governor of Hiroshima) was a Japanese politician who served as governor of Hiroshima Prefecture from January 1935 to April 1936. He was also governor of Toyama Prefecture (1931–1932), Kumamoto Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūsh� ...

*1935-1936 Sekiya Nobuyuke *1936-1939 Fujioka Nagakazu *1939-1940

Shunsuke Kondo Kondo Shunsuke

was the penultimate Governor of the South Seas Mandate ( ...

*1940-1942 Yukizawa Chiyoji *1942-1944 Hikari Akira *1944-1945 Soga Kajimatsu *1945-1946 Hirai Fumi *1946 Hiroshi Nagai *1946-1947 Saburo Sakurai (1st time)

Elected governors

*1947 Naoto Suzuki *1947-1959 Saburo Sakurai (2nd time) *1959-1971 Kosaku Teramoto *1971-1983 Issei Sawada *1983-1991

Morihiro Hosokawa is a Japanese politician and Nobility, noble who was Prime Minister of Japan from 1993 to 1994, leading a coalition government which was the first non-Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) government of Japan since 1955 ...

*1991-2000 Joji Fukushima *2000-2008

Yoshiko Shiotani was the governor of Kumamoto Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Kumamoto Prefecture has a population of 1,748,134 () and has a geographic area of . Kumamoto Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the ...

*2008–present

Ikuo Kabashima is a Japanese politician and the current governor of Kumamoto Prefecture. He has been governor since 2008. Ikuo Kabashima received a bachelor's and master's degrees in Animal Science and Agricultural Economics from the University of Nebraska. ...

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Kumamoto Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Kumamoto Prefecture has a population of 1,748,134 () and has a geographic area of . Kumamoto Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the north, Ōita Prefecture to ...