This is a list of prime ministers of Japan by home prefecture. This is based on prefectures where each prime minister was born, and not based on prefectures primarily affiliated or most closely associated with the prime ministers due to residence, professional career, or electoral history.

This list includes provinces, the former administrative divisions used from the 600s to 1882.

Birthplaces Twelve provinces and twenty-one prefectures, including 1 metropolis (Tokyo) have the distinction of being the birthplace of a prime minister.

Born on 1 April 1870, Hamaguchi Osachi was the first prime minister born after the establishment of the Empire of Japan.

Born on 21 September 1954, Shinzo Abe was the first prime minister born after the establishment of the post-war state of Japan.

The number of prime ministers per provinces and prefectures in which they were born are: One: Akita Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture, Okayama Prefecture, Ōita Prefecture, Hiroshima Prefecture, Aichi Prefecture, Shiga Prefecture, Shimane Prefecture, Kagawa Prefecture, Tokushima Prefecture, Nara Prefecture, Niigata Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, Tochigi Prefecture, Ishikawa Prefecture, Izumi Province, Mimasaka Province, Echizen Province, Bitchū Province, Nara Province, Tosa Province, Izumo Province, Owari Province, Higo Province, Aki Province, Musashi Province, Yamashiro Province, Hizen Province, Suō Province Two: Yamaguchi Prefecture, Fukuoka Prefecture, Ishikawa Prefecture, Iwate Prefecture, Mutsu Province Three: Satsuma Province Four: Tokyo (Metropolis), Gunma Prefecture, Kanagawa Prefecture, Nagato Province Eight: Tokyo (Prefecture)

Date of birth Prime Minister Birthplace Prefecture of birth In office16 October 1841Itō HirobumiTsukariSuō Province9 November 1840Kuroda KiyotakaKagoshimaSatsuma Province30 April 1888 – 25 October 188914 June 1838Yamagata AritomoKawashimaNagato Province25 February 1835Matsukata MasayoshiKagoshimaSatsuma Province11 March 1838Ōkuma ShigenobuSagaHizen Province4 January 1848Katsura TarōHagiNagato Province7 December 1849Saionji KinmochiKyotoYamashiro Province26 November 1852Yamamoto GonnohyōeKagoshimaSatsuma Province5 February 1852Terauchi MasatakeYamaguchiNagato Province9 October 1916 – 29 September 191815 March 1856Hara TakashiMotomiyaMutsu Province29 September 1918 – 4 November 192127 July 1854Takahashi KorekiyoEdoMusashi Province13 November 1921 – 12 June 192222 February 1861Katō TomosaburōHiroshimaAki Province12 June 1922 – 24 August 192314 February or 27 March 1850Kiyoura KeigoKamotoHigo Province7 January – 11 June 19243 January 1860Katō TakaakiAisaiOwari Province11 June 1924 – 28 January 192621 March 1866Wakatsuki ReijirōMatsueIzumo Province22 June 1864Tanaka GiichiHagiNagato Province20 April 1927 – 2 July 19291 April 1870Hamaguchi OsachiKōchiTosa Province4 June 1855Inukai TsuyoshiOkayamaBitchū Province13 December 1931 – 15 May 193227 October 1858Saitō MakotoMizusawaMutsu Province 26 May 1932 – 8 July 193420 January 1868Keisuke OkadaFukuiEchizen Province8 July 1934 – 9 March 1936 14 February 1878 Kōki Hirota Fukuoka Fukuoka 9 March 1936 – 2 February 1937 23 February 1876 Senjūrō Hayashi Tokyo City Tokyo Prefecture 2 February – 4 June 1937 12 October 1891 Fumimaro Konoe Tokyo City Tokyo Prefecture 28 September 1867 Hiranuma Kiichirō Tsuyama Mimasaka Province 5 January – 30 August 1939 24 November 1875 Nobuyuki Abe Kanazawa Ishikawa 30 August 1939 – 16 January 1940 2 March 1880 Mitsumasa Yonai Mitsuwari Iwate 16 January – 22 July 1940 30 December 1884 Hideki Tojo Tokyo City Tokyo Prefecture 18 October 1941 – 22 July 1944 22 March 1880 Kuniaki Koiso Utsunomiya Tochigi 22 July 1944 – 7 April 1945 18 January 1868 Kantarō Suzuki Kuze Izumi Province 7 April – 17 August 1945 3 December 1887 Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni Kyoto Kyoto 17 August – 9 October 1945 13 September 1872 Kijūrō Shidehara Sakai Nara Province 22 September 1878 Shigeru Yoshida Yokosuka Kanagawa 28 July 1887 Tetsu Katayama Fujisawa Kanagawa 24 May 1947 – 10 March 1948 15 November 1887 Hitoshi Ashida Tokyo City Tokyo Prefecture 10 March 1948 – 15 October 1948 1 January 1883 Ichirō Hatoyama Tokyo City Tokyo Prefecture 10 December 1954 – 23 December 1956 25 September 1884 Tanzan Ishibashi Tokyo City Tokyo Prefecture 23 December 1956 – 31 January 1957 13 November 1896 Nobusuke Kishi Yamaguchi Yamaguchi 31 January 1957 – 19 July 1960 3 December 1899 Hayato Ikeda Takehara Hiroshima 19 July 1960 – 9 November 1964 27 March 1901 Eisaku Satō Tabuse Yamaguchi 9 November 1964 – 7 July 1972 4 May 1918 Kakuei Tanaka Nishiyama Niigata 7 July 1972 – 9 December 1974 17 March 1907 Takeo Miki Awa Tokushima 9 December 1974 – 24 December 1976 14 January 1905 Takeo Fukuda Takasaki Gunma 24 December 1976 – 7 December 1978 12 March 1910 Masayoshi Ōhira Kan'onji Kagawa 7 December 1978 – 12 June 1980 11 January 1911 Zenko Suzuki Yamada Iwate 17 July 1980 – 27 November 198227 May 1918 Yasuhiro Nakasone Takasaki Gunma 27 November 1982 – 6 November 1987 26 February 1924 Noboru Takeshita Unnan Shimane 6 November 1987 – 3 June 1989 27 August 1922 Sōsuke Uno Moriyama Shiga 3 June 1989 – 10 August 1989 2 January 1931 Toshiki Kaifu Nagoya Aichi 10 August 1989 – 5 November 1991 8 October 1919 Kiichi Miyazawa Fukuyama Hiroshima 5 November 1991 – 9 August 1993 14 January 1938 Morihiro Hosokawa Tokyo City Tokyo Prefecture 9 August 1993 – 28 April 1994 24 August 1935 Tsutomu Hata Tokyo City Tokyo Prefecture 28 April 1994 – 30 June 1994 3 March 1924 Tomiichi Murayama Ōita Ōita 30 July 1994 – 11 January 1996 29 July 1937 Ryutaro Hashimoto Sōja Okayama 11 January 1996 – 30 July 1998 25 June 1937 Keizō Obuchi Nakanojō Gunma 30 July 1998 – 5 April 2000 14 July 1937 Yoshirō Mori Nomi Ishikawa 5 April 2000 – 26 April 2001 8 January 1942 Junichiro Koizumi Yokosuka Kanagawa 26 April 2001 – 26 September 200621 September 1954 Shinzo Abe Shinjuku Tokyo 16 July 1936 Yasuo Fukuda Takasaki Gunma 26 September 2007 – 24 September 2008 20 September 1940 Tarō Asō Iizuka Fukuoka 24 September 2008 – 16 September 2009 11 February 1947 Yukio Hatoyama Bunkyō Tokyo 16 September 2009 – 8 June 2010 10 October 1946 Naoto KanUbeYamaguchi8 June 2010 – 2 September 2011 20 May 1957 Yoshihiko NodaFunabashiChiba2 September 2011 – 26 December 2012 6 December 1948 Yoshihide Suga Yuzawa Akita 16 September 2020 – 4 October 2021 29 July 1957 Fumio KishidaShibuyaTokyo4 October 2021 – 1 October 2024 4 February 1957 Shigeru IshibaChiyodaTokyo1 October 2024 – 21 October 2025 7 March 1961 Sanae TakaichiYamatokōriyamaNara21 October 2025 – Present

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See also List of prime ministers of Japan List of prime ministers of Japan by time in office List of prime ministers of Japan by education

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