List of governors of Aomori Prefecture

Governor of Aomori Prefecture
Emblem of Aomori Prefecture
since 29 June 2023
Inaugural holderNoda Hiromichi
Formation1871
WebsiteGovernor's website

The governor of Aomori Prefecture (青森県知事, Aomori kenchiji) is the head of the local government in Aomori Prefecture.[1]

List of governors of Aomori Prefecture

Appointed

Name Image Term Start Residence
Noda Hiromichi
5 September 1871 Kumamoto Prefecture
Shigeyoshi Hishida 7 November 1871 Gifu Prefecture
Masaomi Kitadai 20 August 1873 Kōchi Prefecture
Tanetoku Ikeda
11 February 1874 Hiroshima Prefecture
Yoshikan Shiotani 7 November 1874 Yamagata Prefecture
Masaomi Kitadai (reelection) 17 August 1876 Kōchi Prefecture
Hidenori Yamada 22 August 1876 Kumamoto Prefecture
Kanenori Goda 14 January 1882 Kagoshima Prefecture
Kususei Fukushima 22 December 1883 Saga Prefecture
Nabeshima Miki
24 July 1886 Saga Prefecture
Tamasa Sawa 26 December 1889 Miyagi Prefecture
Naomasa Park
12 August 1896 Nagasaki Prefecture
Shuichiro Kono 13 November 1897 Kagoshima Prefecture
Tadashi Munakata
21 Janusury 1899 Kumamoto Prefecture
Kazuji Yamauchi
17 April 1901 Kagoshima Prefecture
Katsutaro Inuzuka
26 April 1904 Yamagata Prefecture
Shotaro Nishizawa
17 November 1904 Nagano Prefecture
Takeda Chiyosaburo
12 June 1908 Fukuoka Prefecture
Takeo Tanaka 1 June 1913 Tokyo Prefecture
Kohama Matsujiro 28 April 1914 Kagoshima Prefecture
Kawamura Takeji
17 January 1917 Akita Prefecture
Sawada Ushimaro
3 October 1918 Kōchi Prefecture
Hidehiko Michioka
18 April 1919 Kagoshima Prefecture
Harutoshi Kahei
9 March 1921 Okayama Prefecture
Yujiro Ozaki 28 September 1921 Hyōgo Prefecture
Baba Kazue
25 October 1923 Kumamoto Prefecture
Ogata Yuichiro
6 June 1924 Kumamoto Prefecture
Matsubara Gonshiro
24 June 1924 Kagawa Prefecture
Ryusaku Endo
16 September 1925 Saitama Prefecture
Koyanagi Makie
28 September 1926 Niigata Prefecture
Jiro Morioka
27 May 1927 Nara Prefecture
Tetsuzo Yoshimura 7 November 1927 Tottori Prefecture
Yujiro Shinjo
30 January 1929 Kyoto Prefecture
Mitsuo Hirai
5 July 1929 Kumamoto Prefecture
Masao Moriya 26 August 1930 Kumamoto Prefecture
Teizaburo Miyamoto 18 December 1931 Miyagi Prefecture
Yasunobu Taku
28 June 1932 Saga Prefecture
Mitsumasa Kobayashi 11 August 1934 Tochigi Prefecture
Masayoshi Ogawa
16 October 1936 Tochigi Prefecture
Minoru Suzuki 1 March 1939 Shizuoka Prefecture
Seiichi Ueda 24 July 1940 Ishikawa Prefecture
Shunsuke Yamada 9 January 1942 Hyōgo Prefecture
Kohei Utsunomiya 31 March 1943 Ehime Prefecture
Hiroo Ohshima 1 August 1944 Ishikawa Prefecture
Motohiko Kanai
21 April 1945 Hyōgo Prefecture
Renji Ohno 25 January 1946 Chiba Prefecture
Fuyuo Hayasaka 11 March 1947 Miyagi Prefecture

Elected

Name Image Term Start Terms served Residence Political Party
Bunji Tsushima
12 April 1947 3 Kanagi, Aomori Democratic Party
Iwao Yamazaki
20 July 1956 2 Kuon, Hokkaido LDP
Toshikichi Takeuchi
2 March 1963 4 Izume, Hokkaido LDP
Masaya Kitamura 26 February 1979 4 Misawa, Aomori LDP
Morio Kimura 26 February 1995 3 Fujisaki, Aomori Independent
Shingo Mimura
29 June 2003 5 Momoishi, Aomori Independent
Sōichirō Miyashita
29 June 2023 Incumbent Mutsu, Aomori Independent

References

  1. ^ Yusuke Noda; Teruto Unuma (29 July 2024). "Aomori governor to OK nuclear waste storage, first of its kind". The Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on 2024-12-09. Retrieved 2025-03-06.