List of Tochigi Governors

The following is a list of governors of the Tochigi Prefecture.

The first governor of Tochigi Prefecture was appointed by the Meiji government on November 13, 1871 following the merging of the previous, short-lived Utsunomiya and Tochigi Prefectures.[1] Governors of Tochigi were politically appointed from 1871 until the post-war period starting in 1947, after which they were popularly elected.[2]

Names are written in the Japanese style, family name first.

Appointed governors

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  • Nabeshima Miki (Nov 13, 1871 - Oct 29, 1880)
  • Fujikawa Tamechika (Oct 29, 1880 - Oct 30, 1883)
  • Mishima Michitsune (Oct 30, 1883 - Jan 22, 1885)
  • Kabayama Sukeo (Jan 22, 1885 - Dec 23, 1889)
  • Orita Heinai (Dec 24, 1889 - Jan 20, 1894)
  • Satō Shin (Jan 20, 1894 - Apr 7, 1897)
  • Egi Kazuyuki (Apr 7, 1897 - Nov 13, 1897)
  • Chikami Kiyoomi (Nov 13, 1897 - Aug 9, 1898)
  • Hagino Samon (Aug 9, 1898 - Jan 13, 1899)
  • Mizobe Iiku (Jan 13, 1899 - Dec 29, 1902)
  • Sugai Masami (Dec 30, 1902 - Jan 25, 1904)
  • Shirani Takeshi (Jan 25, 1904 - Aug 10, 1906)
  • Kubota Kiyochika (Aug 10, 1906 - Dec 7, 1906)
  • Nakayama Miyozō (Dec 7, 1906 - Aug 11, 1911)
  • Okada Bunji (Aug 11, 1911 - June 5, 1914)
  • Kitagawa Nobutsugu (June 5, 1914 - June 2, 1916)
  • Hiratsuka Hiroyoshi (June 2, 1916 - Oct 16, 1922)
  • Yamawaki Haruki (Oct 16, 1922 - June 13, 1924)
  • Ōtsuka Isei (June 13, 1924 - Sept 28, 1926)
  • Fujioka Hyōichi (Sept 28, 1926 - May 17, 1927)
  • Beppu Sōtarō (May 17, 1927 - June 29, 1928)
  • Fujiyama Takeichi (June 29, 1928 - July 5, 1929)
  • Morioka Jirō (July 5, 1929 - Nov 8, 1929)
  • Harada Iori (Nov 8, 1929 - Jan 20, 1931)
  • Asari Saburō (Jan 20, 1931 - Dec 27, 1931)
  • Toyoshima Chōkichi (Dec 27, 1931 - June 28 1932)
  • Nagarai Kiyoshi (June 28, 1932 - July 10, 1934)
  • Kayaba Gunzō (July 10, 1934 - Mar 13, 1936)
  • Matsumura Mitsuma (Mar 13, 1936 - Sept 30, 1937)
  • Adachi Osamu (Oct 1, 1937 - Apr 8, 1940)
  • Yamagata Saburō (Apr 9, 1940 - Jan 9, 1942)
  • Sakurai Yasuemon (Jan 9, 1942 - July 1, 1943)
  • Azumi Tokuya (July 1, 1943 - Nov 1, 1944)
  • Sōma Toshio (Nov 1, 1944 - Jan 24, 1946)
  • Ogawa Kimchi (Jan 25, 1946 - Mar 5, 1947)
  • Ikeda Kiyoshi (Mar 11, 1947 - April 12, 1947)

Elected governors

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  • Kodaira Jyūkichi (April 12, 1947 - Feb 5, 1955) (two terms)
  • Ogawa Kiichi (Feb 5, 1955 - Feb 4, 1959) (his second term after an earlier term as appointed Governor)
  • Yokokawa Nobuo (Feb 5, 1959 - Dec 7, 1974) (four terms)
  • Funada Yuzuru (Dec 8, 1974 - Dec 8, 1984) (three terms)
  • Watanabe Fumio (Dec 9, 1984 - Dec 8, 2000) (four terms)
  • Fukuda Akio (Dec 9, 2000 - Dec 8, 2004) (one term)
  • Fukuda Tomikazu (Dec 9, 2004 - present) (five terms)

Citations

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  1. ^ "Tochigi Prefecture / History". Tochigi Prefecture. Tochigi Prefectural Office https://www.pref.tochigi.lg.jp/english/intro/history.html Retrieved 8 Sept, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c 歴代ドットコム (2023-04-05). "栃木県 歴代知事". 歴代ドットコム (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-09-08.
  3. ^ a b 栃木県. "歴代栃木県知事". 栃木県 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-09-08.

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