This is a list of mayors of Tokyo from 1898 to 1943. Prior to 1898 the Mayor of Tokyo was also the

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. In 1943, the city's independent institutions were absorbed by the prefectural administration resulting in the cessation of the office of mayor. Most mayors of Tokyo were graduates of

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or previously worked at the

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Mayors of Tokyo (1898–1943)

* Matsuda Hideo (6 October 1898 – 16 June 1903) *

Ozaki Yukio was a Japanese politician of liberal signature, born in modern-day Sagamihara, Kanagawa. Ozaki served in the House of Representatives of the Japanese Diet for 63 years (1890–1953). He is still revered in Japan as the "God of constitutional ...

(29 June 1903 – 29 June 1912) two terms * Sakatani Yoshiro (12 July 1912 – 25 February 1915) * Okuda Yoshito (15 June 1915 – 21 August 1917) * Tajiri Inajirō (5 April 1918 – 27 November 1920) *

Gotō Shinpei Kazoku, Count was a Japanese politician, physician and cabinet minister of the Taishō period, Taishō and early Shōwa period Empire of Japan. He served as the head of civilian affairs of Taiwan under Japanese rule, Japanese Taiwan, the first ...

(17 December 1920 – 27 April 1923) *

Hidejirō Nagata , was a politician and cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan, serving as a member of the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan, twice as a cabinet minister, and also serving twice as mayor of Tokyo. Biography Nagata was born in Mihara Distri ...

(29 May 1923 – 8 September 1924) *

Nakamura Zenko Nakamura may refer to: *Nakamura (surname), a list of people with the surname *Nakamura, Kōchi, a former city in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan *Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, a ward in Nagoya city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan * Nakamura stable, a stable of sumo wr ...

(8 October 1924 – 8 June 1926) *

Izawa Takio was a Japanese politician of the early 20th century. Biography Izawa served as Governor of Wakayama, Ehime, and Niigata Prefectures on Honshū, and later became a member of the House of Peers. He was appointed the 10th Governor-General of ...

(16 July 1926 – 23 October 1926) * Nishikubo Hiromichi (29 October 1926 – 12 December 1927) *

Ichiki Otohilco Ichiki (written: 一木 or 市来) is a Japanese surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name ...

(7 January 1928 – 14 February 1929) * Horikiri Zenjiro (24 April 1929 – 12 May 1930) *

Nagata Hidejin Nagata may refer to: People * Nagata (surname), a family name of Japanese and Fijian origin Places * Mount Nagata, a mountain in Antarctica * Nagata-ku, Kobe, a ward in the city of Kobe * Nagata Shrine, a Shinto shrine in Nagata-ku * Nagata S ...

(30 May 1930 – 25 January 1933) * Ushizuka Toratan (10 May 1933 – 9 May 1937) *

Kobashi Ichita Ichita Kobashi (小橋一太) (25 October 1870 – 2 October 1939) was a Japanese bureaucrat and politician who served as the Minister of Education in 1929 and as the 16th mayor of Tokyo from 1937 to 1939. Early life Kobashi was born in K ...

(28 June 1937 – 14 April 1939) *

Tanomogi Keikichi was a Japanese journalist, politician and cabinet minister in Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. His wife, Tanomogi Koma, was a noted violinist and professor of music at the Tokyo Academy of Music. Early life Tanomogi was born in what is ...

(24 April 1939 – 19 February 1940) *

Okubo Tomejiro , also Okubo, Ookubo and Ohkubo, is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Ōkubo clan **Ōkubo Tadayo (1532–1594), Japanese daimyō of the Sengoku period ** Ōkubo Tadasuke (1537–1613), Japanese daimyō of the Sengoku a ...

(12 May 1940 – 22 July 1942) *General

Kishimoto Ayao Kishimoto (written: 岸本) is a Japanese family name. Notable people with this family name include: * Cecil Kishimoto (born 1990), Japanese model * Christina Kishimoto, American school administrator * Hayami Kishimoto (born 1987), Japanese singer ...

(3 August 1942 – 30 June 1943)

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Mayors of Tokyo (1898–1943)

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