This is a list of governors of
Nagano Prefecture
is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,052,493 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the ...
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Kaneyoshi Tachiki 1871–1873
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Hironao Narasaki 1873–1881
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Makoto Ono 1881–1884
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Seiichi Kinashi 1884–1889
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Utsumi Tadakatsu
Baron was a Japanese bureaucrat, statesman and cabinet minister, active in Meiji period Empire of Japan.
Biography
Utsumi was born to a ''samurai'' family in Chōshū Domain, in what is now part of the city of Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi Prefectu ...
1889–1891
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Asada Tokunori
Asada Tokunori (, November 21, 1848 – March 30, 1933) was a Japanese politician from the Meiji era. He served as governor of Hiroshima Prefecture in 1897–1898 and 1898–1903, governor of Kanagawa Prefecture (1889–1891, 1898–1900), Nagano ...
1891–1896
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Chikaaki Takasaki 1896–1897
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Kan'ichi Gondo
was a Japanese politician. He was born in Fukuoka, Fukuoka. He was governor of Nagano Prefecture (1897–1898). He served in the House of Representatives of the Empire of Japan
The also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Jap ...
1897–1898
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Isamu Sonoyama
was a Japanese politician. He was born in Shimane Prefecture. He served in the House of Representatives of the Empire of Japan. He was governor of Nagano Prefecture (1898-1899) and Miyazaki Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture o ...
1898–1899
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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 ...
1899–1902
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Kiyohide Seki
was a Japanese politician. He was governor of Saga Prefecture (1898–1901), Gunma Prefecture (1901–1902) and Nagano Prefecture (1902–1905).
Awards
*1907 – Order of the Rising Sun
The is a Japanese order, established in 1875 by E ...
1902–1905
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Tsunamasa Ōyama
was a Japanese politician. He was governor of Saga Prefecture (1898-1901), Gunma Prefecture (1901-1902) and Nagano Prefecture (1902-1905).
Awards
*1907 - Order of the Rising Sun
The is a Japanese order, established in 1875 by Emperor M ...
1905–1911
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Teikan Chiba was a Japanese prosecutor, judge and politician. He was born in Nara Prefecture. He was governor of Ōita Prefecture (1906-1911) and Nagano Prefecture (1911-1913). He was a recipient of the Order of the Sacred Treasure
The is a Japanese order, ...
1911–1913
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Ichiro Yoda
Ichiro Yoda (1860 – September 28, 1933) was a Japanese politician who served as the governor of Hiroshima Prefecture from July 1921 to October 1922. Prior to that, he served as the governor of Gunma Prefecture (1912), and of Nagano Prefecture
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1913–1914
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Yūichirō Chikaraishi
Yūichirō Chikaraishi (June 30, 1876 - March 17, 1933) was a Japanese politician. He was governor of Nagano Prefecture (1914-1915), Ōita Prefecture (1915-1917),
Ibaraki Prefecture (1917-1921), Miyagi Prefecture (1921-1924), Akita Prefecture ...
1914–1915
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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 ...
1915–1921
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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 ...
1921–1922
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Toshio Honma 1922–1924
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Mitsusada Umetani 1924–1926
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Morio Takahashi
was a Japanese politician.『朝日新聞』( 東京本社発行)1957年5月6日夕刊7頁。 He was born in Kumamoto Prefecture. He was a graduate of the University of Tokyo. He was mayor of Kumamoto (1922-1925) and governor of Shiga Prefect ...
1926–1927
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Ryo Chiba
Ryo Chiba (March 2, 1884 – November 8, 1963) was a Japanese politician who served as governor of Hiroshima Prefecture from Dec. 1931 to June 1932. He was governor of Nagano Prefecture (1927-1929) and Niigata Prefecture
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1927–1929
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Shintarō Suzuki
was a Japanese politician. He was born in Yamagata Prefecture. He was the son-in-law of Tokonami Takejirō. He was governor of Nara Prefecture (1923-1926), Gifu Prefecture (1926-1927), Yamanashi Prefecture (1927-1929), Nagano Prefecture (192 ...
1929–1931
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Kuraji Ishigaki
was a Japanese politician. He was born in Yamagata Prefecture. He was governor of Nagano Prefecture (1931-1933) and mayor of Nagano, Nagano (October 1941-April 1942). He was a member of the Government-General of Taiwan. He died in office.『新 ...
1931–1933
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Shōzō Okada
Shōzō Okada (岡田周造, ''Okada Shozo'', November 1886 – May 31, 1983) was a Japanese politician. He was born in Tochigi Prefecture. He was a graduate of the University of Tokyo. He was a governor of Chiba Prefecture (1931), Yamaguchi Pre ...
1933–1935
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Seiichi Ōmura
was a politician and bureaucrat in the early Shōwa period Japan, who subsequently was a politician and cabinet minister in the immediate post-war era.
Biography
Ōmura was born in Tsuyama, Okayama. After his graduation from the Law School of ...
1935–1936
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Shunsuke Kondo
was the penultimate Governor of the South Seas Mandate ( ...
1936–1938
*Seiichi Ōmura January 11–December 23, 1938
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Kenji Tomita
Kenji Tomita (富田健治 November 1, 1897 – March 23, 1977) was a Japanese politician. He was born in Kobe. He graduated from Kyoto University. He was governor of Nagano Prefecture (1938–1940), served as Cabinet Secretary under Fumimaro ...
1938–1940
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Minoru Suzuki
(born June 17, 1968) is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist, currently working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) as a freelancer. In NJPW, Suzuki has held the IWGP Intercontinental Championship as well as twice hol ...
1940–1942
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Hakuji Nagayasu was a Japanese politician. He was born in Hyōgo Prefecture. He was governor of Kagawa Prefecture (1941-1942) and Nagano Prefecture (1942-1943).「国勢院引継書類(六ノ一)」『新編Japanのsuccessive governor』905頁。『Nagano P ...
1942–1943
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Yoshio Kōriyama
Yoshio is both a masculine Japanese given name and a Japanese surname.
Possible writings
Yoshio can be written using many different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:
*義雄, "justice, masculine"
*義男, "justice, man" ...
1943–1944
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Yasuo Ōtsubo 1944–1945
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Kunrō Mononobe 1945–1947
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Yoshio Iyoku
Yoshio is both a masculine Japanese given name and a Japanese surname.
Possible writings
Yoshio can be written using many different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:
*義雄, "justice, masculine"
*義男, "justice, man ...
March–April 1947
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Torao Hayashi 1947–1959
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Gon'ichirō Nishizawa
was a Japanese politician and essayist. He was born in Nagano Prefecture. He was a graduate of Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
The commonly known as TUAT is a Japanese national university headquartered in Fuchū, Tokyo. This univ ...
1959–1980
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Goro Yoshimura
(born February 13, 1926) was a Japanese politician, and the former governor of Nagano Prefecture, in central Japan. Yoshimura was a graduate of the law faculty at the University of Tokyo. Upon graduation, he worked in the Nagano Prefectural Gov ...
1980–2000
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Yasuo Tanaka 2000–2006
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Jin Murai 2006–2010
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Shuichi Abe 2010–
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Nagano Prefecture
is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,052,493 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the ...