List of governors of Kumamoto Prefecture
# List of governors of Kumamoto Prefecture

## Appointed governors

* 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

* 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–present Ikuo Kabashima
