List of Kagoshima Governors
This list includes all governors ( chiji ; in the early Meiji period under different titles) of the Japanese prefecture (ken) Kagoshima since it replaced the principality (han) Kagoshima / Satsuma in 1871 . Kagoshima essentially reached its present-day expansion in 1883, when the Miyazaki Prefecture , which was incorporated in 1876, was separated again under public pressure and a corresponding resolution by the Kagoshima Prefectural Parliament. As in all prefectures (except Okinawa / Ryūkyū), the governor of Kagoshima has been elected by the people since 1947. The Amami Islands belonged to the US Ryūkyū Islands until 1953.
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Ōyama Tsunayoshi ( 大 山 綱 良 ) | Oct. 1874 as kenrei ( 県 令 ), before that since 1871 sanji ( 参事 ), gonrei ( 権 令 ); executed after Satsuma rebellion |
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Iwamura Michitoshi ( 岩村 通 俊 ) | March 1877 (kenrei) |
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Watanabe Chiaki ( 渡邊 千秋 ) | July 1880 (kenrei → chiji) |
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Yamanouchi Teiun ( 山 内 堤 雲 ) | Sep 1890 |
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Ōsako Sadakiyo ( 大 迫 貞 清 ) | Nov. 1892 |
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Kanō Hisayoshi ( 加納 久 宜 ) | Jan. 1894 |
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Chikami Kiyoomi ( 千頭 清 臣 ) | Sep 1900 |
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Sakamoto Sannosuke ( 阪 本 釤 之 助 ) | Dec 1907 |
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Taniguchi Tomegorō ( 谷口 留 五郎 ) | July 1911 |
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Takaoka Tadayoshi ( 高 岡 直 吉 ) | Apr. 1914 |
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Hashimoto Masaharu ( 橋本 正治 ) | Dec 1917 |
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Nakagawa Nozomu ( 中 川 望 ) | Dec. 1921 |
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Obata Toyoji ( 小 幡 豊 治 ) | Sep 1923 |
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Agata Shinobu ( 縣 忍 ) | June 1924 |
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Nagano Miki / Kan ( 長野 幹 ) | Sep 1926 |
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Matsumoto Manabu / Gaku ( 松本 學 ) | May 1927 |
| Gotō Takizō ( 後 藤 多 喜 藏 ) | Jan. 1928 | |
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Yamaguchi Yasunori ( 山口 安 憲 ) | July 1929 |
| Kubota Jisuke ( 窪 田 治 輔 ) | Oct. 1931 | |
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Ichimura Keizō ( 市 村 慶 三 ) | December 1931 |
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Hayakawa Saburō ( 早川 三郎 ) | Jan. 1935 |
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Nakamura Yasujirō ( 中 村 安 次郎 ) | Apr. 1936 |
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Kurashige Hisashi ( 藏 重 久 ) | June 1938 |
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Fujino Megumu ( 藤 野 惠 ) | Apr. 1939 |
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Arai Zentarō ( 新居 善 太郎 ) | Aug 1940 |
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Susukida Yoshitomo ( 薄田 美 朝 ) | Oct. 1941 |
| Shibayama Hiroshi ( 柴山 博 ) | Apr. 1943 | |
| Tsuge Fumio ( 柘 植 文 雄 ) | April 1945 | |
| Ryūno Kiichirō ( 龍 野 喜 一郎 ) | October 1945 | |
| Shigenari Kaku ( 重 成 格 ) | July 1946 | |
| Hashizume Kiyoto ( 橋 爪 清人 ) | March 1947 | |
| Shigenari Kaku | April 1947 ( election April 5, 1947 ) | |
| April 1951 ( election April 30, 1951 ) | ||
| Terazono Katsushi ( 寺 園 勝 志 ) | April 1955 ( election April 23, 1955 ) | |
| April 1959 ( election April 23, 1959 ) | ||
| Apr. 1963 ( Apr. 17, 1963 without vote ) | ||
| Kanemaru Saburō ( 金丸 三郎 ) | April 1967 ( election April 15, 1967 ) | |
| April 1971 ( election April 11, 1971 ) | ||
| April 1975 ( election April 13, 1975 ) | ||
| Kamada Kaname ( 鎌 田 要人 ) | March 1977 ( election Feb. 27, 1977 ) | |
| Feb. 1981 ( election Feb. 8, 1981 ) | ||
| Feb. 1985 ( election Feb. 3, 1985 ) | ||
| Tsuchiya Yoshiteru ( 土屋 佳 照 ) | Feb. 1989 ( election Feb. 3, 1989 ) | |
| Feb. 1993 ( election Feb. 7, 1993 ) | ||
| Suga Tatsurō ( 須 賀 龍 郎 ) | July 1996 ( election July 28, 1996 ) | |
| July 2000 ( election July 16, 2000 ) | ||
| Itō Yūichirō ( 伊藤 祐 一郎 ) | July 2004 ( election July 11, 2004 ) | |
| July 2008 ( election July 13, 2008 ) | ||
| July 2012 ( election July 8, 2012 ) | ||
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Mitazono Satoshi ( 三 反 園 訓 ) | July 2016 ( election July 10, 2016 ) |
| Shiota Kōichi ( 塩 田 康 一 ) | July 2020 ( election July 12, 2020 ) |
Remarks
- ↑ Not secured in all cases. The list at the prefecture administration only shows the writing. In some cases, however, several readings were actually in use for one person from the start. See also Japanese script and Japanese name .
- ↑ As a makeshift / with a limited character set さ ん 之 助
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kagoshima Prefectural Administration : 鹿 児 島 県 歴 代 知事 一 覧 表 , accessed July 29, 2020.
- ↑ Entry 大 山 綱 良 in 日本 大 百科全書 (ニ ッ ポ ニ カ) Nihon daihyakka zensho (Nipponica) from Shōgakukan at kotobank.jp ( Asahi Shimbunsha / Voyage Marketing)
