List of Tokyo Governors

The list of governors of Tokyo includes all the governors of the Tokyo prefecture as well as the mayors of the city ​​of Tokyo , which existed from 1889 to 1943. Until 1898, the governor of the prefecture was also mayor of the city.

Historic title of governor

The title of governor changed over time with the reorganization of Tokyo’s administration:

• On July 1, 1868, the Edo Prefecture ( Edo-fu ) was set up in the Meiji Restoration , the governor's name was Edo-fu chiji ( 江 戸 府 知事 ).
• On October 2, 1868, Edo was renamed Tokyo , the position of governor was consequently Tōkyō-fu chiji ( 東京 府 知事 ).
• On May 1, 1889, the city of Tokyo ( Tōkyō-shi ) was established when modern local authorities were established . The mayor of Tokyo ( Tōkyō-shichō ) was occupied in personal union according to the shisei tokurei ( 市 制 特例 ), a special regulation by imperial edict for the cities of Tokyo, Osaka and Kyōto.
• On May 1, 1898, the special regulation was repealed and the mayor was appointed independently of the governor. First the mayor was officially occupied; it was not until 1926 that the mayor of Tokyo was elected from among its members by the city council ( shikai ), as in other cities .
• On July 1, 1943, the city ​​and prefecture were dissolved in the Pacific War with the Tōkyō-tosei and the new Tokyo prefecture ( Tōkyō-to ) set up under the aegis of the Interior Ministry . The governor was now called Tōkyō-to chōkan ( 東京 都 長官 ) and was appointed as a minister of the central government.
• On May 3, 1947, the "Law on Local Self-Government" ( chihō-jichi-hō ) came into force. The governor - now Tōkyō-to chiji ( 東京 都 知事 ) - was elected directly by the people, as in all prefectures. (The city of Tokyo was not restored, but the prefecture retained some municipal tasks: the 23 mayors of the "special districts" were initially only elected by the people until 1952 and only since 1975. Since 2000, the 23 districts have been other municipalities in the country largely equated.)

Mayor of Tokyo 1889–1943

#	Surname	Term of office	origin	Terms of office, remarks
Mayor of the City of Tokyo Tōkyō-shichō
		0May 1, 1889 - October 1, 18980		After the shisei tokurei , the tasks are carried out by the governor of the prefecture.
1	Matsuda Hideo	0Oct 6, 1898 - June 15, 1903	Shiga	1. Term of office
2	Ozaki Yukio	June 29, 1903 - Sep 12. 1908	Kanagawa	1. Term of office
3	Ozaki Yukio	Sep 30 1908 - June 26, 1912		2. Term of office
4th	Sakatani Yoshirō	July 12, 1912 - February 25, 1915	Okayama	1. Term of office
5	Okuda Yoshito	June 15, 1915 - Aug. 21, 1917	Tottori	1. Term of office
6th	Tajiri Inajirō	0Apr 5, 1918 - Nov 27, 1920	Kagoshima	1. Term of office
7th	Gotō Shimpei	Dec. 17, 1920 - Apr. 27, 1923	Iwate	1. Term of office
8th	Nagata Hidejirō	May 26, 1923 - Sep 8 19240	Hyogo	1. Term of office
9	Nakamura Yoshikoto	0Oct 8, 1924 - June 8, 19260	Hiroshima	1. Term of office
10	Izawa Takio	July 16, 1926 - October 23, 1926	Nagano	1. Term of office
11	Nishikubo Hiromichi	Oct. 29, 1926 - Dec. 12, 1927	Hiroshima	1st term of office, elected
12	Ichiki Otohiko	0Jan 7, 1928 - Feb 14, 1929	Kagoshima	1st term of office, elected
13	Horikiri Zenjirō	Apr. 24, 1929 - May 12, 1930	Fukushima	1st term of office, elected
14th	Nagata Hidejirō	May 30, 1930 - Jan 25, 1933		2nd term of office, elected
15th	Ushizuka Toratarō	May 10, 1933 - May 9, 19370	Toyama	1st term of office (previously already governor), elected
16	Kobashi Ichita	June 28, 1937 - April 14, 1939	Kumamoto	1st term of office, elected
17th	Tanomogi Keikichi	Apr. 24, 1939 - Feb. 19, 1940	Hiroshima	1st term of office, elected
18th	Ōkubo Tomejirō	May 12, 1940 - July 22, 1942	Ibaraki	1st term of office, elected
19th	Kishimoto Ayao	0Aug 3, 1942 - June 30, 1943	Okayama	1st term of office, elected, Rikugun-Taishō (Colonel General of the Army)

Tokyo governors since 1868

Note: The dates also followed the Gregorian calendar before 1873, the year counting consistently with the Western / Christian calendar.

#	Surname	Term of office	origin	Terms of office, remarks
Governor of Edo Prefecture Edo-fu chiji
1	Karasumaru Mitsunori	July 13, 1868 - October 5, 18680	Kyoto	1. Term of office
Tokyo Prefecture Governors Tōkyō-fu chiji
1	Karasumaru Mitsunori	0Oct. 5, 1868 - Dec. 20, 1868	Kyoto	1. Term of office
2	Ōki Takatō	Jan. 16, 1869 - Aug. 22, 1869 to June 24, 1868 simultaneously San'yo	saga	1st term of office With his resignation Daisanji ( 大 参事 ) of the Tokyo prefecture
3	Mibu Motoosa	0Nov 6, 1869 - Sep 7 18710	Kyoto	1. Term of office
4th	Yuri Kōsei	0Sep 7 1871 - Aug 18, 1872	Fukui	1st term before Yuri's dismissal, Ōkubo was appointed governor on June 30th
5	Ōkubo Ichiō	June 30, 1872 - December 19, 1875	Tokyo	1. Term of office
	Kusumoto Masataka	Dec. 19, 1875 - Jan. 22, 1877 at the same time Naimu -Daijō ( 大 丞 )	Nagasaki	extraordinary governor ( 権 知事 , gonchiji )
6th	Kusumoto Masataka	Jan. 22, 1877 - Dec. 12, 1875	Nagasaki	1. Term of office
7th	Matsuda Michiyuki	Dec 12, 1879 - July 6, 18820	Tottori	1. Term of office
8th	Yoshikawa Akimasa	July 19, 1882 - June 13, 1885 at the same time Naimu-Shōyū ( 少 輔 )	Tokushima	1. Term of office
9	Watanabe Hiromoto	June 13, 1885 - March 9. 18860	Fukui	1. Term of office
10	Takasaki Goroku	09 Mar 1886 - May 19, 1890	Kagoshima	1. Term of office
11	Hachisuka Mochiaki	May 19, 1890 - July 21, 1891	Tokushima	1. Term of office
12	Tomita Tetsunosuke	July 21, 1891 - October 26, 1893	Miyagi	1. Term of office
13	Miura Yasushi	Oct. 26, 1893 - Mar. 14 1896	Ehime	1. Term of office
14th	Koga Michitsune	14 Mar 1896 - Oct 12, 1897	Kyoto	1. Term of office
15th	Okabe Nagamoto	Oct 12, 1897 - July 16, 1898	Osaka	1. Term of office
16	Koizuka ryu	July 16, 1898 - November 12, 1898	Hyogo	1. Term of office
17th	Senge Takatomi	Nov 12, 1898 - Mar 25 1908	Shimane	1. Term of office
18th	Abe Hiroshi	28 Mar 1908 - Dec. 30, 1912	Iwate	1. Term of office
19th	Munakata Tadasu	Dec 30, 1912 - Apr 21, 1914	Kumamoto	1. Term of office
20th	Kubota Kiyochika	Apr. 21, 1914 - July 2, 19150	Tokyo	1. Term of office
21st	Inoue Tomoichi	0July 2, 1915 - June 12, 1919	Ishikawa	1. Term of office
22nd	Abe Hiroshi	June 20, 1919 - May 27, 1921	Iwate	2. Term of office
23	Usami Katsuo	Feb. 27, 1921 - Sep. 16 1925	Yamagata	1. Term of office
24	Hiratsuka Hiroyoshi	16 Sep 1925 - July 5, 19290	Yamagata	1. Term of office
25th	Nakagawa Kenzō	0July 5, 1929 - October 9, 19290	Niigata	1. Term of office
26th	Ushizuka Toratarō	0Oct 9, 1929 - Dec 18, 1931	Toyama	1. Term of office
27	Hasegawa Kyūichi	Dec 18, 1931 - Jan 12, 1932	Nagasaki	1. Term of office
28	Fujinuma Shōhei	Jan. 12, 1932 - May 27, 1932	Tochigi	1. Term of office
29	Kōsaka Masayasu	May 27, 1932 - Jan. 4, 19350	Yamagata	1. Term of office
30th	Yokoyama Sukenari	Jan 15, 1935 - Feb 10, 1937	Akita	1. Term of office
31	Tachi Tetsuji	Feb 10, 1937 - June 24, 1938	Toyama	1. Term of office
32	Okada Shūzō	June 24, 1938 - Jan. 7, 19410	Tochigi	1. Term of office
33	Kawanishi Jitsuzo	0Jan 7, 1941 - Jan 9, 19420	Hyogo	1. Term of office
34	Matsumura Mitsuma	0Jan. 9, 1942 - July 1, 19430	saga	1. Term of office
Tokyo Prefecture Governors Tōkyō-to chōkan
1	Ōdachi Shigeo	0July 1, 1943 - July 22, 1944	Shimane	1. Term of office
2	Nishio Toshizo	July 25, 1944 - Aug. 23, 1945	Tottori	1. Term of office
3	Hirose Hisatada	23 Aug 1945 - 15 Jan 1946	Yamanashi	1. Term of office
4th	Fujinuma Shōhei	Jan 15, 1946 - June 8, 19460	Tochigi	total of 2nd term of office
5	Matsui Haruo	0June 8, 1946 - July 23, 1946	Mie	1. Term of office
6th	Yasui Seiichirō	July 23, 1946 - March 13 1947	Okayama	1. Term of office
7th	Iinuma Kazumi	13 Mar 1947 - April 14, 1947	Fukushima	1. Term of office
8th	Yasui Seiichirō	Apr 14, 1947 - May 3, 19470		1. Term of office by popular election
Tokyo Prefecture Governors Tōkyō-to chiji
1	Yasui Seiichirō	0May 3, 1947 - May 2, 19510		1st term of office by popular election, total of 3rd term of office
2	Yasui Seiichirō	0May 3, 1951 - April 26, 1955		2nd term of office by popular election, total of 4th term of office
3	Yasui Seiichirō	Apr. 27, 1955 - Apr. 18, 1959		3rd term of office by popular election, total of 5th term of office
4th	Azuma Ryotaro	Apr. 27, 1959 - Apr. 22, 1963	Osaka	1st term, independent
5	Azuma Ryotaro	Apr 23, 1963 - Apr 22, 1967		2nd term of office, independent (electoral support from LDP )
6th	Minobe Ryōkichi	Apr. 23, 1967 - Apr. 22, 1971	Tokyo	1st term of office, independent (electoral support from SPJ , KPJ )
7th	Minobe Ryōkichi	Apr 23, 1971 - Apr 22, 1975		2nd term of office, independent (electoral support from SPJ, KPJ)
8th	Minobe Ryōkichi	Apr 23, 1975 - Apr 22, 1979		3rd term of office, independent (electoral support from SPJ, KPJ, Kōmeitō )
9	Suzuki Shun'ichi	Apr 23, 1979 - Apr 22, 1983	Yamagata	1st term of office, independent (electoral support from LDP, Kōmeitō, DSP )
10	Suzuki Shun'ichi	Apr 23, 1983 - Apr 22, 1987		2nd term of office, independent (electoral support from LDP, Kōmeitō, DSP, New Liberal Club )
11	Suzuki Shun'ichi	Apr 23, 1987 - Apr 22, 1991		3rd term of office, independent (electoral support from LDP, Kōmeitō, DSP)
12	Suzuki Shun'ichi	Apr 23, 1991 - Apr 22, 1995		4th term of office, independent (electoral support from LDP, DSP)
13	Aoshima Yukio	Apr 23, 1995 - Apr 22, 1999	Tokyo	1st term, independent
14th	Ishihara Shintaro	Apr 23, 1999 - Apr 22, 2003	Hyogo	1st term of office, independent (electoral support from parts of the LDP)
15th	Ishihara Shintaro	Apr 23, 2003 - Apr 22, 2007		2nd term of office, independent (electoral support from LDP, Kōmeitō)
16	Ishihara Shintaro	Apr 23, 2007 - Apr 22, 2011		3rd term, independent (electoral support from LDP, Kōmeitō)
17th	Ishihara Shintaro	Apr 23, 2011 - Oct 31, 2012		4th term of office, independent (electoral support from parts of LDP, Kōmeitō)
18th	Inose Naoki	Dec 18, 2012 - Dec 24, 2013	Nagano	1st term, Independent (electoral support from LDP, Ishin , Kōmeitō)
19th	Masuzoe Yōichi	Feb 12, 2014 - June 21, 2016	Fukuoka	1st term of office, independent (electoral support from LDP, Kōmeitō, Kaikaku )
20th	Koike Yuriko	0Aug 2, 2016 -	Hyogo	1st term, Independent (electoral support for Kagayake TOKYO [ex- Minna faction in the prefecture parliament], Jiyū o mamoru kai [regional party])

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Karasumaru is the family name, Mitsunori the first name.

See also

• List of governors of Japanese prefectures

literature

• Tōkyō-to kōbunshokan ("Tokyo Prefecture Archives"), 『東京 都 職 制 沿革』 東京 都 情報 連絡 連絡 室 情報 公開 部 都 民 情報 課 , 1986.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Reading from: National Parliamentary Library , 日本 法令 索引 〔明治 前期 編〕 ヨ ミ ガ ナ 辞書

Web links

• Tōkyō-to kōbunshokan ("Tokyo Prefecture Archives " / Tokyo Metropolitan Archives ): Mayor and deputy ( joyaku ) of the city of Tokyo
• Tokyo Prefecture: Mayors and Governors of Tokyo ( Tōkyō-to only )