List of spouses of prime ministers of Japan
# List of spouses of prime ministers of Japan

This is a list of spouses of prime ministers of Japan. They have all been women.

## Role and duties

The role of the prime minister's consort is not an official position, and so they are not given a salary or official duties.

## Spouse of the prime ministers of the Japan

| No. | Portrait | Name | Tenure began | Tenure ended | Prime minister |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | | Itō Umeko 伊藤 梅子 3 December 1848 – 12 April 1924 | 22 December 1885 | 30 April 1888 | Itō Hirobumi married in 1866 |
| 2 | | Kuroda Taki 黒田 滝子 27 September 1863 – 1904 | 30 April 1888 | 25 October 1889 | Kuroda Kiyotaka married on 10 December 1880 |
| 3 | | Yamagata Tomoko 山縣 友子 13 June 1851 – 12 September 1893 | 24 December 1889 | 6 May 1891 | Yamagata Aritomo married in 1868 |
| 4 | | Matsukata Masako 松方 満佐子 18 April 1845 – 13 September 1920 | 6 May 1891 | 8 August 1892 | Matsukata Masayoshi married in 1860 |
| (1) | | Itō Umeko 伊藤 梅子 3 December 1848 – 12 April 1924 | 8 August 1892 | 31 August 1896 | Itō Hirobumi married in 1866 |
| (4) | | Matsukata Masako 松方 満佐子 18 April 1845 – 13 September 1920 | 18 September 1896 | 12 January 1898 | Matsukata Masayoshi married in 1860 |
| (1) | | Itō Umeko 伊藤 梅子 3 December 1848 – 12 April 1924 | 12 January 1898 | 30 June 1898 | Itō Hirobumi married in 1866 |
| 5 | | Ōkuma Ayako 大隈 綾子 28 November 1850 – 28 April 1923 | 30 June 1898 | 8 November 1898 | Ōkuma Shigenobu married in 1869 |
| – | Vacant | Vacant | 8 November 1898 | 19 October 1900 | Yamagata Aritomo |
| (1) | | Itō Umeko 伊藤 梅子 3 December 1848 – 12 April 1924 | 19 October 1900 | 10 May 1901 | Itō Hirobumi married in 1866 |
| 6 | | Katsura Kanako 桂 可那子 20 February 1875 – 17 August 1940 | 2 June 1901 | 7 January 1906 | Katsura Tarō married in 1891 |
| – | Vacant | Vacant | 7 January 1906 | 14 July 1908 | Saionji Kinmochi |
| (6) | | Katsura Kanako 桂 可那子 20 February 1875 – 17 August 1940 | 14 July 1908 | 30 August 1911 | Katsura Tarō married in 1891 |
| – | Vacant | Vacant | 30 August 1911 | 21 December 1912 | Saionji Kinmochi |
| (6) | | Katsura Kanako 桂 可那子 20 February 1875 – 17 August 1940 | 21 December 1912 | 20 February 1913 | Katsura Tarō married in 1891 |
| 7 | | Yamamoto Tokiko 山本 登喜子 6 June 1880 – 30 March 1933 | 20 February 1913 | 16 April 1914 | Yamamoto Gonnohyōe married on 28 August 1878 |
| (5) | | Ōkuma Ayako 大隈 綾子 28 November 1850 – 28 April 1923 | 16 April 1914 | 9 October 1916 | Ōkuma Shigenobu married in 1869 |
| 8 | | Terauchi Taki 寺内 タキ 18 January 1863 – 4 June 1920 | 9 October 1916 | 29 September 1918 | Terauchi Masatake married on unknown date |
| 9 | | Hara Asa 原 淺 1871 – 1923 | 29 September 1918 | 4 November 1921 | Hara Takashi married in 1908 |
| 10 | | Takahashi Shina 高橋 志な 4 November 1865 – 31 May 1946 | 13 November 1921 | 12 June 1922 | Takahashi Korekiyo married in 1890 |
| 11 | | Kiyoko Katō 加藤 喜代子 25 December 1874 – 20 January 1940 | 12 June 1922 | 24 August 1923 | Katō Tomosaburō married in 1890 |
| (7) | | Yamamoto Tokiko 山本 登喜子 6 June 1880 – 30 March 1933 | 2 September 1923 | 7 January 1924 | Yamamoto Gonnohyōe married on 28 August 1878 |
| 12 | | Kiyoura Tōko 清浦 錬子 24 March 1858 – 6 October 1944 | 7 January 1924 | 11 June 1924 | Kiyoura Keigo married in 1873 |
| 13 | | Katō Haruji 加藤 春路 17 March 1864 – December 1942 | 11 June 1924 | 28 January 1926 | Katō Takaaki married in 1886 |
| 14 | | Tokuko Wakatsuki 若槻 德子 28 April 1872 – 3 December 1956 | 28 January 1926 | 20 April 1927 | Wakatsuki Reijirō married in 1892 |
| 15 | | Sute Tanaka 田中 壽天 24 August 1874 – September 1937 | 20 April 1927 | 2 July 1929 | Tanaka Giichi married in 1893 |
| 16 | | Natsu Hamaguchi 濱口 夏 1873 – died on unknown date | 2 July 1929 | 14 April 1931 | Hamaguchi Osachi married in 1889 |
| (14) | | Tokuko Wakatsuki 若槻 德子 28 April 1872 – 3 December 1956 | 14 April 1931 | 13 December 1931 | Wakatsuki Reijirō married in 1892 |
| 17 | | Chiyoko Inukai 犬養 千代子 1865 – 25 August 1952 | 13 December 1931 | 15 May 1932 | Inukai Tsuyoshi married in 1891 |
| 18 | | Haruko Saitō 齋藤 春子 10 March 1873 – 14 September 1971 | 26 May 1932 | 8 July 1934 | Saitō Makoto married on 5 February 1892 |
| – | Vacant | Vacant | 8 July 1934 | 9 March 1936 | Keisuke Okada |
| 19 | | Shizuko Hirota 廣田 静子 1885 – 18 May 1946 | 9 March 1936 | 2 February 1937 | Kōki Hirota married in 1905 |
| 20 | | Hatsu Hayashi 林 初治 1887 – died on unknown date | 2 February 1937 | 4 June 1937 | Senjūrō Hayashi married on unknown date |
| 21 | | Chiyoko Konoe 近衞 千代子 11 January 1896 – 15 September 1980 | 4 June 1937 | 5 January 1939 | Fumimaro Konoe married on unknown date |
| – | Vacant | Vacant | 5 January 1939 | 30 August 1939 | Hiranuma Kiichirō |
| 22 | | Mitsuko Abe 阿部 みつ子 1886 – died on unknown date | 30 August 1939 | 16 January 1940 | Nobuyuki Abe married on unknown date |
| 23 | | Koma Yonai 米内 こま 1888 – 1941 | 16 January 1940 | 22 July 1940 | Mitsumasa Yonai married in 1906 |
| (21) | | Chiyoko Konoe 近衞 千代子 11 January 1896 – 15 September 1980 | 22 July 1940 | 18 October 1941 | Fumimaro Konoe married on unknown date |
| 24 | | Katsuko Tōjō 東條 かつ子 8 October 1890 – 29 May 1982 | 17 October 1941 | 22 July 1944 | Hideki Tojo married on 11 April 1909 |
| 25 | | Kaoruko Koiso 小磯 馨子 1887 – May 1950 | 22 July 1944 | 7 April 1945 | Kuniaki Koiso married in 1907 |
| 26 | | Taka Suzuki 鈴木 たか 4 July 1883 – 23 September 1971 | 7 April 1945 | 17 August 1945 | Kantarō Suzuki married in 1915 |
| 27 | | Princess Toshiko Higashikuni 稔彦王妃 聡子内親王 11 May 1896 – 5 March 1978 | 17 August 1945 | 9 October 1945 | Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni married on 18 May 1915 |
| 28 | | Masako Shidehara 幣原 雅子 18 December 1881 – July 1956 | 9 October 1945 | 22 May 1946 | Kijūrō Shidehara married in 1903 |
| 29 | | Kiyo Yoshida 吉田 喜代 1904 – 2003 | 22 May 1946 | 24 May 1947 | Shigeru Yoshida married in 1944 |
| 30 | | Kikue Katayama 片山 菊江 1894 – 1985 | 24 May 1947 | 10 March 1948 | Tetsu Katayama married in 1913 |
| 31 | | Sumi Ashida 芦田 壽美 1895 – died on unknown date | 10 March 1948 | 15 October 1948 | Hitoshi Ashida married in 1918 |
| (29) | | Kiyo Yoshida 吉田 喜代 1904 – 2003 | 15 October 1948 | 10 December 1954 | Shigeru Yoshida married in 1944 |
| 32 | | Kaoru Hatoyama 鳩山 薫 21 November 1888 – 15 August 1982 | 10 December 1954 | 23 December 1956 | Ichirō Hatoyama married on 18 September 1908 |
| 33 | | Ume Ishibashi 石橋 うめ 1888 – August 1971 | 23 December 1956 | 25 February 1957 | Tanzan Ishibashi married in November 1912 |
| 34 | | Yoshiko Kishi 岸 良子 1901 – 1980 | 25 February 1957 | 19 July 1960 | Nobusuke Kishi married in November 1919 |
| 35 | | Mitsue Ikeda 池田 滿枝 1913 – 9 January 2001 | 19 July 1960 | 9 November 1964 | Hayato Ikeda married on unknown date |
| 36 | | Hiroko Satō 佐藤 寛子 5 January 1907 – 16 April 1987 | 9 November 1964 | 7 July 1972 | Eisaku Satō married in 1926 |
| 37 | | Hana Tanaka 田中 はな 1910 – 1995 | 7 July 1972 | 9 December 1974 | Kakuei Tanaka married in 1942 |
| 38 | | Mutsuko Miki 三木 睦子 31 July 1917 – 31 July 2012 | 9 December 1974 | 24 December 1976 | Takeo Miki married in 1940 |
| 39 | | Mie Fukuda 福田 三枝 14 February 1912 – 16 September 2013 | 24 December 1976 | 7 December 1978 | Takeo Fukuda married in 1933 |
| 40 | | Shigeko Ōhira 大平 志げ子 1916 – 1990 | 7 December 1978 | 12 June 1980 | Masayoshi Ōhira married on 15 April 1937 |
| 41 | | Sachi Suzuki 鈴木 さち 1919 – 22 March 2015 | 12 June 1980 | 27 November 1982 | Zenkō Suzuki married on 2 November 1939 |
| 42 | | Tsutako Nakasone 中曾根　蔦子 30 October 1921 – 7 November 2012 | 27 November 1982 | 6 November 1987 | Yasuhiro Nakasone married on 11 February 1945 |
| 43 | | Naoko Takeshita 竹下 直子 9 September 1926 – 20 September 2010 | 6 November 1987 | 3 June 1989 | Noboru Takeshita married in 1946 |
| 44 | | Chiyo Uno 宇野 千代 1 November 1924 – 10 August 2015 | 3 June 1989 | 10 August 1989 | Sōsuke Uno married on 22 February 1947 |
| 45 | | Sachiyo Kaifu 海部 幸世 born 1933 | 10 August 1989 | 5 November 1991 | Toshiki Kaifu married in 1955 |
| 46 | | Yoko Miyazawa 宮澤 庸子 born 18 February 1920 | 5 November 1991 | 9 August 1993 | Kiichi Miyazawa married on 30 November 1943 |
| 47 | | Kayoko Hosokawa 細川 佳代子 born 14 September 1942 | 9 August 1993 | 28 April 1994 | Morihiro Hosokawa married in 1971 |
| 48 | | Ayako Hata 羽田 綏子 born 1949 | 28 April 1994 | 30 June 1994 | Tsutomu Hata married on 5 December 1965 |
| 49 | | Yoshie Murayama 村山 ヨシヱ born 1926 | 30 June 1994 | 11 January 1996 | Tomiichi Murayama married in 1953 |
| 50 | | Kumiko Hashimoto 橋本 久美子 born 1941 | 11 January 1996 | 30 July 1998 | Ryutaro Hashimoto married in 1966 |
| 51 | | Chizuko Obuchi 小渕 千鶴子 born 16 August 1940 | 30 July 1998 | 5 April 2000 | Keizō Obuchi married in 1967 |
| 52 | | Chieko Mori 森 智恵子 born 24 January 1937 | 5 April 2000 | 26 April 2001 | Yoshirō Mori married in November 1961 |
| – | Vacant | Vacant | 26 April 2001 | 26 September 2006 | Junichirō Koizumi |
| 53 | | Akie Abe 安倍 昭恵 born 10 June 1962 | 26 September 2006 | 26 September 2007 | Shinzo Abe married in June 1987 |
| 54 | | Kiyoko Fukuda 福田 貴代子 born 13 January 1944 | 26 September 2007 | 24 September 2008 | Yasuo Fukuda married in 1966 |
| 55 | | Chikako Asō 麻生 千賀子 born 30 May 1950 | 24 September 2008 | 16 September 2009 | Tarō Asō married in 1983 |
| 56 | | Miyuki Hatoyama 鳩山 幸 born 28 June 1943 | 16 September 2009 | 8 June 2010 | Yukio Hatoyama married in 1975 |
| 57 | | Nobuko Kan 菅 伸子 born 3 October 1945 | 8 June 2010 | 2 September 2011 | Naoto Kan married in 1970 |
| 58 | | Hitomi Noda 野田 仁実 born 7 June 1963 | 2 September 2011 | 26 December 2012 | Yoshihiko Noda married in 1992 |
| (53) | | Akie Abe 安倍 昭恵 born 10 June 1962 | 26 December 2012 | 16 September 2020 | Shinzo Abe married in June 1987 |
| 59 | | Mariko Suga 菅 真理子 born 28 November 1953 | 16 September 2020 | 4 October 2021 | Yoshihide Suga married on unknown date |
| 60 | | Yuko Kishida 岸田 裕子 born 15 August 1964 | 4 October 2021 | Incumbent | Fumio Kishida married in 1988 |
