List of prefectural governors in Japan
This is a list of current governors of the prefectures of Japan.
| Prefecture | Picture | Current Governor | Party | Term | Took office | Office expires |
| Aichi | | Hideaki Omura | | | February 15, 2011 | February 14, 2023 |
| Akita | | Norihisa Satake | | | April 20, 2009 | April 19, 2021 |
| Aomori | | Shingo Mimura | | | June 29, 2003 | June 28, 2023 |
| Chiba | | Kensaku Morita | | | April 5, 2009 | April 4, 2021 |
| Ehime | | Tokihiro Nakamura | | | December 1, 2010 | November 30, 2022 |
| Fukui | | Tatsuji Sugimoto | | | April 23, 2019 | April 22, 2023 |
| Fukuoka | | Hiroshi Ogawa | | | April 23, 2011 | April 22, 2023 |
| Fukushima | | Masao Uchibori | | | November 12, 2014 | November 11, 2022 |
| Gifu | | Hajime Furuta | | | February 6, 2005 | February 5, 2021 |
| Gunma | | Ichita Yamamoto | | | July 28, 2019 | July 27, 2023 |
| Hiroshima | | Hidehiko Yuzaki | | | November 29, 2009 | November 28, 2021 |
| Hokkaidō | | Naomichi Suzuki | | | April 23, 2019 | April 22, 2023 |
| Hyōgo | | Toshizō Ido | | | August 1, 2001 | July 31, 2021 |
| Ibaraki | | Kazuhiko Ōigawa | | | September 26, 2017 | September 25, 2021 |
| Ishikawa | | Masanori Tanimoto | | | March 29, 1994 | March 26, 2022 |
| Iwate | | Takuya Tasso | | | April 30, 2007 | September 10, 2023 |
| Kagawa | | Keizō Hamada | | | September 5, 2010 | September 4, 2022 |
| Kagoshima | | Satoshi Mitazono | | | July 28, 2016 | July 27, 2020 |
| Kanagawa | | Yūji Kuroiwa | | | April 23, 2011 | April 22, 2023 |
| Kōchi | | Seiji Hamada | | | December 7, 2019 | December 6, 2023 |
| Kumamoto | | Ikuo Kabashima | | | April 16, 2008 | April 14, 2024 |
| Kyoto | | Takatoshi Nishiwaki | | | April 16, 2018 | April 15, 2022 |
| Mie | | Eikei Suzuki | | | April 21, 2011 | April 20, 2023 |
| Miyagi | | Yoshihiro Murai | | | November 21, 2005 | November 20, 2021 |
| Miyazaki | | Shunji Kōno | | | January 21, 2011 | January 20, 2023 |
| Nagano | | Shuichi Abe | | | September 1, 2010 | August 31, 2022 |
| Nagasaki | | Hōdō Nakamura | | | March 2, 2010 | March 1, 2022 |
| Nara | | Shōgo Arai | | | May 3, 2007 | May 2, 2023 |
| Niigata | | Hideyo Hanazumi | | | June 10, 2018 | June 9, 2022 |
| Ōita | | Katsusada Hirose | | | April 28, 2003 | April 27, 2023 |
| Okayama | | Ryūta Ibaragi | | | November 12, 2012 | November 11, 2020 |
| Okinawa | | Denny Tamaki | | | October 4, 2018 | September 29, 2022 |
| Ōsaka | | Hirofumi Yoshimura | | | April 4, 2019 | April 3, 2023 |
| Saga | | Yoshinori Yamaguchi | | | January 14, 2015 | January 10, 2023 |
| Saitama | | Motohiro Ōno | | | August 31, 2019 | August 30, 2023 |
| Shiga | | Taizō Mikazuki | | | July 20, 2014 | July 19, 2022 |
| Shimane | | Zenbee Mizoguchi | | | April 30, 2007 | April 29, 2023 |
| Shizuoka | | Heita Kawakatsu | | | July 5, 2009 | July 4, 2021 |
| Tochigi | | Tomikazu Fukuda | | | December 9, 2004 | December 8, 2020 |
| Tokushima | | Kamon Iizumi | | | May 18, 2003 | May 17, 2023 |
| Tokyo | | Yuriko Koike | | | July 31, 2016 | July 30, 2020 |
| Tottori | | Shinji Hirai | | | April 13, 2007 | April 12, 2023 |
| Toyama | | Takakazu Ishii | | | November 9, 2004 | November 8, 2020 |
| Wakayama | | Yoshinobu Nisaka | | | December 17, 2006 | December 16, 2022 |
| Yamagata | | Mieko Yoshimura | | | February 14, 2009 | February 13, 2021 |
| Yamaguchi | | Tsugumasa Muraoka | | | February 25, 2014 | February 22, 2022 |
| Yamanashi | | Kotaro Nagasaki | | | February 16, 2019 | February 16, 2023 |
