The is the prefectural parliament of Okinawa.
Its 48 members are elected every four years in 14 districts by single non-transferable vote (SNTV). 13 electoral districts are multi-member district, one district is a single-member district where SNTV becomes equivalent to First-past-the-post voting.
The assembly is responsible for enacting and amending prefectural ordinances, approving the budget and voting on important administrative appointments made by the governor including the vice-governors.
Unlike most mainland prefectural assemblies (Hokkaidō is another exception) the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly was not in existence continuously since 1878. After the Battle of Okinawa, the United States military governed the prefecture. The civilian branch of the military government was the United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands; a was created in 1952. After Okinawa's return to the mainland in 1972, the Prefectural Assembly was restored. Since then, it had been one of three prefectures in the country that do not elect their assemblies in unified local elections (last round: 2011), the other two being Ibaraki and Tokyo (In 2011, another three prefectures hit by the Great East Japan earthquake postponed their elections).
Current composition
As of 2026, the assembly is composed as follows: Composition of the Okinawa Prefectural AssemblyParliamentary groupSeatsLiberal Democratic Party 21Tida Peace Network 7Constitutional Democratic Party and Independents 7Kōmeitō 4Japanese Communist Party 4Okinawa Social Mass Party 3 Vacant 2Total (including vacant seats)48
Electoral districts Most electoral districts in Okinawa correspond to current cities or former counties (the counties, abolished as administrative unit in 1921, had initially by definition served as electoral districts for prefectural assemblies in the Empire).
Electoral districtsOkinawa Prefectural Assembly: Organizational structure and electoral districts District Municipalities Magnitude Nago City Nago City 2 Uruma City Uruma City 4 Okinawa City Okinawa City 5 Ginowan City Ginowan City 3 Urasoe City Urasoe City 4 Naha City Naha City 11 Tomigusuku City Tomigusuku City 2 Itoman City Itoman City 2 Nanjō City Nanjō City 1 Miyakojima City Miyakojima CityTarama Village 2 Ishigaki City Ishigaki CityTaketomi TownYonaguni Town 2 Kunigami County Kunigami VillageŌgimi VillageHigashi VillageNakijin VillageMotobu TownOnna VillageGinoza VillageKin TownIe VillageIzena VillageIheya Village 2 Nakagami County Yomitan VillageKadena TownChatan TownNorth Nakagusuku VillageNakagusuku VillageNishihara Town 5 Shimajiri County Yaese TownYonabaru TownHaebaru TownKumejima TownTokashiki VillageZamami VillageAguni VillageTonaki VillageSouth Daitō VillageNorth Daitō Village 3
List of presidents and vice presidents
Presidents
Name Took office Left office Political partyPre-war (before 1945) 1 Takamine Chōkyō(高嶺 朝教) 28 June 1909 20 May 1912 2 Nakayoshi Chōjo(仲吉 朝助) 20 August 1912 14 July 1916 3 Ie Chōjo(伊江 朝助) 25 November 1916 10 May 1917 4 Takara Rintoku(高良 隣德) 15 November 1917 25 March 1919 5 Nakada Tokuzō(仲田 徳三) 10 June 1919 10 May 1920 6 Kamiya Natsukichi(神谷 夏吉) 26 November 1920 20 May 1921 7 Ōshiro Kōnoichi(大城 幸之一) 21 June 1921 20 May 1925 8 Taira Shinjun(平良 真順) 22 June 1925 20 May 1933 9 Morishima Meichō(盛島 明長) 21 June 1933 24 February 1936 10 Uema Tokunosuke(上間 徳之助) 4 December 1936 May 1937 11 Takehara Ansa(嵩原 安佐) 7 July 1937 1942 12 Aragaki Tōta(新垣 登太) 10 June 1942 1945Post-war (since 1972) 1 Katsu Hoshi(星 克) 15 May 1972 24 June 1972 2 Kōichi Taira(平良 幸市) 7 July 1972 28 February 1976 3 Hideo Chibana(知花 英夫) 28 February 1976 15 November 1978 4 Masakazu Ōta(大田 昌知) 19 December 1978 24 June 1984 5 Megumi Shimura(志村 恵) 28 June 1984 24 June 1988 6 Kazuo Taira(平良 一男) 28 June 1988 24 June 1992 7 Mitsuo Gima(儀間 光男) 26 June 1992 28 December 1994 8 Chiken Kakazu(嘉数 知賢) 28 December 1994 24 June 1996 9 Shinsuke Tomoyori(友寄 信助) 28 June 1996 24 June 2000 10 Kōkichi Iramina(伊良皆 高吉) 25 June 2000 29 June 2004 11 Seizen Hokama(外間 盛善) 29 June 2004 21 June 2006 12 Toshinobu Nakasato(仲里 利信) 21 June 2006 24 June 2008 13 Zenshin Takamine(高嶺 善伸) 26 June 2008 24 June 2012 14 Masaharu Kina(喜納 昌春) 26 June 2012 24 June 2016 15 Yonekichi Shinzato(新里 米吉) 28 June 2016 1 July 2019 Nobuni Karimata(狩俣 信子) 1 July 2019 24 June 2020 16 Noboru Akamine(赤嶺 昇) 30 June 2020 Incumbent
Vice presidents Name Took office Left office Political partyPre-war (before 1945) 1 Tamanaha Jūzen(玉那覇 重善) 28 June 1909 28 February 1912 2 Ōhama Yōyō(大浜 用要) 25 November 1912 10 May 1913 3 Ōta Chōfu(太田 朝敷) 12 November 1913 May 1916 4 Chinen Kataki(知念 堅輝) 15 November 1916 10 May 1917 5 Nakada Tokuzō(仲田 徳三) 15 November 1917 10 June 1919 6 Ōshiro Kamezaku(大城 亀作) 10 June 1919 10 May 1921 7 Morishima Meichō(盛島 明長) 21 June 1921 10 May 1929 8 Maeuejō Noboru(前上門 昇) 2 July 1929 10 May 1933 9 Hirada Yoshisaku(平田 吉作) 21 June 1933 May 1937 10 Yabiku Mōtoku(屋比久 孟徳) 7 July 1937 1942 11 Nishihara Gaichi(西原 雅一) 10 June 1942 1943 12 Irei Masayuki(伊礼 正幸) 29 June 1943 1945 Post-war (since 1972) 1 Tokuichi Igei(伊芸 徳一) 15 May 1972 24 June 1972 2 Saneyoshi Furuken(古堅 実吉) 7 July 1972 24 June 1976 3 Seiei Sakihama(崎浜 盛永) 2 July 1976 19 December 1978 4 Yasunobu Yoza(与座 康信) 19 December 1978 24 June 1980 5 Chōzō Kobashigawa(小橋川 朝蔵) 28 June 1980 10 June 1982 6 Kazuo Taira(平良 一男) 10 June 1982 24 June 1984 7 Takeo Sunagawa(砂川 武雄) 28 June 1984 26 June 1987 8 Seishin Murayama(村山 盛信) 26 June 1987 24 June 1988 9 Shigemasa Kaneshiro(金城 重正) 28 June 1988 26 June 1990 10 Chūei Teruya(照屋 忠英) 26 June 1990 24 June 1992 11 Shūzō Sakihama(崎浜 秀三) 26 June 1992 28 December 1994 12 Akira Nakane(中根 章) 28 December 1994 24 June 1996 13 Seizen Hokama(外間 盛善) 28 June 1996 24 June 2000 14 Masahiko Takara(高良 政彦) 27 June 2000 24 June 2004 15 Tetsuji Shingaki(新垣 哲司) 29 June 2004 21 June 2006 16 Kōsuke Gushi(具志 孝助) 21 June 2006 24 June 2008 17 Yoshikazu Tamaki(玉城 義和) 26 June 2008 24 June 2012 18 Ishō Urasaki(浦崎 唯昭) 26 June 2012 15 July 2014 19 Masatoshi Onaga(翁長 政俊) 15 July 2014 24 June 2016 20 Noboru Akamine(赤嶺 昇) 28 June 2016 24 June 2020 21 Hiraki Nakada(仲田 弘毅) 30 June 2020 Incumbent
References
External links Okinawa Prefectural Assembly , Resolutions related to the U.S. military presence in English Okinawa Prefectural Electoral Commission