Appointed governors

*Daigo Tadamasa 1868 *

Gotō Shōjirō Count was a Japanese samurai and politician during the Bakumatsu period, Bakumatsu and early Meiji period of Japanese history.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Gotō Shōjirō" in He was a leader of which would evolve into a political par ...

1868-1870 *Kimimasa Yuri 1870 *Yotsutsuji Nishi 1870-1872 *Norobu Watanabe 1872-1880 *Tateno Tsuyoshi 1880-1889 * Nishimura Sutezō 1889-1891 *

Yamada Nobumichi Baron was a statesman in early Meiji period Japan. Biography Yamada was born in Kumamoto Domain, Higo Province (present-day Kumamoto Prefecture). He was active in the ''Sonnō jōi'' movement, relocated to Satsuma Domain during the Bakumatsu pe ...

1891-1895 * Utsumi Tadakatsu 1895-1897 *Tokito Konkyo 1897-1898 *Mamoru Okimorikata 1898 * Yoshihara Saburo 1898 *Tadashini Kikuchi 1898-1902 *

Chikaaki Takasaki was a Japanese politician. He fought in the Satsuma Rebellion of 1877. He was governor of Ibaraki Prefecture (1893–1896), Nagano Prefecture (1896–1897), Okayama Prefecture (1897–1900), Miyagi Prefecture (1900), Kyoto Prefecture (1900–190 ...

1902-1911 *Marques Okubo Toshi Takeshi 1912-1917 *

Harumichi Tanabe was a Japanese bureaucrat and politician in the early Shōwa period. Biography Tanabe was born in what is now Kōshū, Yamanashi as the younger son of a local ''sake'' brewer. He graduated from the law school of Tokyo Imperial University in 1 ...

1927-1928 *

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 (1 ...

1928-1929 *Saito Munenori 1931-1932 * Shinobu Agata 1932-1935 * Minabe Choji 1941-1943

Elected governors

*Bunzo Akama 1947-1959 *Gisen Sato 1959-1971 *

Ryōichi Kuroda was a Japanese jurist and politician from Suita, Osaka. Early life and academic career After graduating from Tohoku Imperial University in 1933, Kuroda was sent to Manchukuo to be an instructor at a service academy. He spent five years in a Sib ...

1971-1979 * Sakae Kishi 1979-1991 * Kazuo Nakagawa 1991-1995 *

Knock Yokoyama was a Japanese politician and comedian. Born Isamu Yamada (山田勇 ''Yamada Isamu'') in Asahikawa (Hokkaido), he adopted his current stage name while directing the ''Manga Trio'' manzai troupe from 1959 to 1968. Following his comedy years, he ...

1995-1999 *

Fusae Ohta is a Japanese politician, a former governor of Osaka Prefecture, and the country's first female prefectural governor. Her married name is . She is affiliated to the revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi. Career Born in Kure, Hiroshima, she later move ...

2000-2008 *

Tōru Hashimoto is a Japanese television personality, politician, and lawyer. He is a former governor of Osaka Prefecture and mayor of City of Osaka. He is a founder of Nippon Ishin no Kai and the Osaka Restoration Association. He is one of Japan's leading ri ...

2008-2011 *

Ichirō Matsui is a Japanese businessman and politician who is the former mayor of Osaka, leader of the Osaka Restoration Association (ORA) and Nippon Ishin no Kai alongside Nobuyuki Baba. Early life Matsui attended public elementary and middle schools in Yao ...

2011-2011 *

Hirofumi Yoshimura is a Japanese politician currently serving as the governor of Osaka Prefecture. He assumed office in April 2019. He has been described as a conservative. Early life Yoshimura was born in the city of Kawachinagano. He studied law at Kyushu Un ...

2019-present {{Authority control

Osaka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 () and has a geographic area of . Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Nara ...