This is a list of spouses of prime ministers of Japan.
The media often refers to the spouse of a Japanese prime minister as the "First Lady of Japan" or "First Gentleman of Japan." However, as the prime minister is not head of state but head of government, this differs considerably from its equivalent in the United States (the spouse of the head of state is the Empress of Japan).
The current prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, has been remarried to Taku Yamamoto since 2021; the couple were first married in 2004 and divorced in 2017.
Role and duties The role of the prime minister's consort is not an official position, and so they are not given a salary or official duties.
List of spouses No.Portrait Name Tenure began Tenure endedPrime minister1Itō Umeko伊藤 梅子22 December 188530 April 1888Itō Hirobumi2Kuroda Taki黒田 滝子30 April 188825 October 1889Kuroda Kiyotaka3Yamagata Tomoko山縣 友子24 December 18896 May 1891Yamagata Aritomo4Matsukata Masako松方 満佐子6 May 18918 August 1892Matsukata Masayoshi(1)Itō Umeko伊藤 梅子8 August 189231 August 1896Itō Hirobumi(4)Matsukata Masako松方 満佐子18 September 189612 January 1898Matsukata Masayoshi(1)Itō Umeko伊藤 梅子12 January 189830 June 1898Itō Hirobumi5Ōkuma Ayako大隈 綾子30 June 18988 November 1898Ōkuma Shigenobu–Vacant8 November 189819 October 1900Yamagata Aritomo(1)Itō Umeko伊藤 梅子19 October 190010 May 1901Itō Hirobumi6Katsura Kanako桂 可那子2 June 19017 January 1906Katsura Tarō–Vacant7 January 190614 July 1908Saionji Kinmochi(6)Katsura Kanako桂 可那子14 July 190830 August 1911Katsura Tarō–Vacant30 August 191121 December 1912Saionji Kinmochi(6)Katsura Kanako桂 可那子21 December 191220 February 1913Katsura Tarō7Yamamoto Tokiko山本 登喜子20 February 191316 April 1914Yamamoto Gonnohyōe(5)Ōkuma Ayako大隈 綾子16 April 19149 October 1916Ōkuma Shigenobu8Terauchi Taki寺内 タキ9 October 191629 September 1918Terauchi Masatake9Hara Asa原 淺29 September 19184 November 1921Hara Takashi10Takahashi Shina高橋 志な13 November 192112 June 1922Takahashi Korekiyo11Kiyoko Katō加藤 喜代子12 June 192224 August 1923Katō Tomosaburō(7)Yamamoto Tokiko山本 登喜子2 September 19237 January 1924Yamamoto Gonnohyōe12Kiyoura Tōko清浦 錬子7 January 192411 June 1924Kiyoura Keigo13Katō Haruji加藤 春路11 June 192428 January 1926Katō Takaaki14Tokuko Wakatsuki若槻 德子28 January 192620 April 1927Wakatsuki Reijirō15Sute Tanaka田中 壽天20 April 19272 July 1929Tanaka Giichi16Natsu Hamaguchi濱口 夏2 July 192914 April 1931Hamaguchi Osachi(14)Tokuko Wakatsuki若槻 德子14 April 193113 December 1931Wakatsuki Reijirō17Chiyoko Inukai犬養 千代子13 December 193115 May 1932Inukai Tsuyoshi18Haruko Saitō齋藤 春子26 May 19328 July 1934Saitō Makoto–Vacant8 July 19349 March 1936Keisuke Okada19Shizuko Hirota廣田 静子9 March 19362 February 1937Kōki Hirota20Hatsu Hayashi林 初治2 February 19374 June 1937Senjūrō Hayashi21Chiyoko Konoe近衞 千代子4 June 19375 January 1939Fumimaro Konoe–Vacant5 January 193930 August 1939Hiranuma Kiichirō22Mitsuko Abe阿部 みつ子30 August 193916 January 1940Nobuyuki Abe23Koma Yonai米内 こま16 January 194022 July 1940Mitsumasa Yonai(21)Chiyoko Konoe近衞 千代子22 July 194018 October 1941Fumimaro Konoe24Katsuko Tōjō東條 かつ子17 October 194122 July 1944Hideki Tojo25Kaoruko Koiso小磯 馨子22 July 19447 April 1945Kuniaki Koiso26Taka Suzuki鈴木 たか7 April 194517 August 1945Kantarō Suzuki27Princess Toshiko Higashikuni稔彦王妃 聡子内親王17 August 19459 October 1945Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni28Masako Shidehara幣原 雅子9 October 194522 May 1946Kijūrō Shidehara29Kiyo Yoshida吉田 喜代22 May 194624 May 1947Shigeru Yoshida30Kikue Katayama片山 菊江24 May 194710 March 1948Tetsu Katayama31Sumi Ashida芦田 壽美10 March 194815 October 1948Hitoshi Ashida(29)Kiyo Yoshida吉田 喜代15 October 194810 December 1954Shigeru Yoshida32Kaoru Hatoyama鳩山 薫10 December 195423 December 1956Ichirō Hatoyama33Ume Ishibashi石橋 うめ23 December 195625 February 1957Tanzan Ishibashi34Yoshiko Kishi岸 良子25 February 195719 July 1960Nobusuke Kishi35Mitsue Ikeda池田 滿枝19 July 19609 November 1964Hayato Ikeda36Hiroko Satō佐藤 寛子9 November 19647 July 1972Eisaku Satō37Hana Tanaka田中 はな7 July 19729 December 1974Kakuei Tanaka38Mutsuko Miki三木 睦子9 December 197424 December 1976Takeo Miki39Mie Fukuda福田 三枝24 December 19767 December 1978Takeo Fukuda40 Shigeko Ōhira大平 志げ子7 December 197812 June 1980Masayoshi Ōhira41Sachi Suzuki鈴木 さち12 June 198027 November 1982Zenkō Suzuki42Tsutako Nakasone中曾根 蔦子27 November 19826 November 1987Yasuhiro Nakasone43Naoko Takeshita竹下 直子6 November 19873 June 1989Noboru Takeshita44Chiyo Uno宇野 千代3 June 198910 August 1989Sōsuke Uno45Sachiyo Kaifu海部 幸世10 August 19895 November 1991Toshiki Kaifu46Yoko Miyazawa宮澤 庸子5 November 19919 August 1993Kiichi Miyazawa47Kayoko Hosokawa細川 佳代子9 August 199328 April 1994Morihiro Hosokawa48Ayako Hata羽田 綏子28 April 199430 June 1994Tsutomu Hata49Yoshie Murayama村山 ヨシヱ30 June 199411 January 1996Tomiichi Murayama50Kumiko Hashimoto橋本 久美子11 January 199630 July 1998Ryutaro Hashimoto51Chizuko Obuchi小渕 千鶴子30 July 19985 April 2000Keizō Obuchi52Chieko Mori森 智恵子5 April 200026 April 2001Yoshirō Mori–Vacant26 April 200126 September 2006Junichirō Koizumi53Akie Abe安倍 昭恵26 September 200626 September 2007Shinzo Abe54Kiyoko Fukuda福田 貴代子26 September 200724 September 2008Yasuo Fukuda55Chikako Asō麻生 千賀子24 September 200816 September 2009Tarō Asō56Miyuki Hatoyama鳩山 幸16 September 20098 June 2010Yukio Hatoyama57Nobuko Kan菅 伸子8 June 20102 September 2011Naoto Kan58Hitomi Noda野田 仁実2 September 201126 December 2012Yoshihiko Noda(53)Akie Abe安倍 昭恵26 December 201216 September 2020Shinzo Abe59Mariko Suga菅 真理子16 September 20204 October 2021Yoshihide Suga60Yuko Kishida岸田 裕子4 October 20211 October 2024Fumio Kishida61Yoshiko Ishiba石破 佳子1 October 202421 October 2025Shigeru Ishiba62Taku Yamamoto山本 拓21 October 2025IncumbentSanae Takaichi
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