Appointed governors 1876 Yasuoka Ryosuke 1876-1891 Takaaki Tomioka 1891-1896 Matsudaira Masanao 1896-1898 Ōura Kanetake 1898-1903 Tokuhisa Tsunenori 1903-1907 Egi Kazuyuki 1907-1908 Norikichi Oshikawa 1908-1912 Kawaji Toshikyo 1912 Tadashi Munakata 1912-1913 Kamiyama Mitsunoshin 1913-1914 Tenta Akaboshi 1916-1919 Ōta Masahiro 1919-1921 Hikoji Kawaguchi 1921-1922 Sansuke Nakayama 1922-1923 Tadahiko Okada 1923-1924 Chisato Tanaka 1924-1925 Nakagawa Kenzō 1925-1926 Yoshifumi Satake 1926-1927 Masao Oka 1927-1929 Saito Munenori 1929-1930 Omori Kichigoro 1930-1931 Bunpei Motoyama 1931-1932 Kenichi Yamashita 1932-1935 Keiichi Suzuki (governor of Hiroshima) 1935-1936 Sekiya Nobuyuke 1936-1939 Fujioka Nagakazu 1939-1940 Shunsuke Kondo 1940-1942 Yukizawa Chiyoji 1942-1944 Hikari Akira 1944-1945 Soga Kajimatsu 1945-1946 Hirai Fumi 1946 Hiroshi Nagai 1946-1947 Saburo Sakurai (1st time)
Elected governors 1947 Naoto Suzuki 1947-1959 Saburo Sakurai (2nd time) 1959-1971 Kosaku Teramoto 1971-1983 Issei Sawada 1983-1991 Morihiro Hosokawa 1991-2000 Joji Fukushima 2000-2008 Yoshiko Shiotani 2008–2024 Ikuo Kabashima 2024–present Takashi Kimura