List of governors of Kumamoto Prefecture

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Appointed governors[edit]

• 1876 Yasuoka Ryosuke
• 1876-1891 Takaaki Tomioka
• 1891-1896 Matsudaira Masanao
• 1896-1898 Ōura Kanetake
• 1898-1903 Tokuhisa Tsunenori
• 1903-1907 Egi Kazuyuki
• 1907-1908 Norikichi Oshikawa
• 1908-1912 Kawaji Toshikyo
• 1912 Tadashi Munakata
• 1912-1913 Kamiyama Mitsunoshin
• 1913-1914 Tenta Akaboshi
• 1916-1919 Ōta Masahiro
• 1919-1921 Hikoji Kawaguchi
• 1921-1922 Sansuke Nakayama
• 1922-1923 Tadahiko Okada
• 1923-1924 Chisato Tanaka
• 1924-1925 Nakagawa Kenzō
• 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)
• 1935-1936 Sekiya Nobuyuke
• 1936-1939 Fujioka Nagakazu
• 1939-1940 Shunsuke Kondo
• 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[edit]

• 1947 Naoto Suzuki
• 1947-1959 Saburo Sakurai (2nd time)
• 1959-1971 Kosaku Teramoto
• 1971-1983 Issei Sawada
• 1983-1991 Morihiro Hosokawa
• 1991-2000 Joji Fukushima
• 2000-2008 Yoshiko Shiotani
• 2008–2024 Ikuo Kabashima
• 2024–present Takashi Kimura