The following is a list of governors of the Tochigi Prefecture.
The first governor of Tochigi Prefecture was appointed by the Meiji government on November 13, 1871, following the merging of the previous, short-lived Utsunomiya and Tochigi Prefectures."Tochigi Prefecture / History". Tochigi Prefecture. Tochigi Prefectural Office
https://www.pref.tochigi.lg.jp/english/intro/history.html Retrieved 8 Sept, 2024. Governors of Tochigi were politically appointed from 1871 until the post-war period starting in 1947, after which they were popularly elected.
Names are written in the Japanese style, family name first.
Appointed governors
Nabeshima Miki (Nov 13, 1871 - Oct 29, 1880) Fujikawa Tamechika (Oct 29, 1880 - Oct 30, 1883) Mishima Michitsune (Oct 30, 1883 - Jan 22, 1885) Kabayama Sukeo (Jan 22, 1885 - Dec 23, 1889) Orita Heinai (Dec 24, 1889 - Jan 20, 1894) Satō Shin (Jan 20, 1894 - Apr 7, 1897) Egi Kazuyuki (Apr 7, 1897 - Nov 13, 1897) Chikami Kiyoomi (Nov 13, 1897 - Aug 9, 1898) Hagino Samon (Aug 9, 1898 - Jan 13, 1899) Mizobe Iiku (Jan 13, 1899 - Dec 29, 1902) Sugai Masami (Dec 30, 1902 - Jan 25, 1904) Shirani Takeshi (Jan 25, 1904 - Aug 10, 1906) Kubota Kiyochika (Aug 10, 1906 - Dec 7, 1906) Nakayama Miyozō (Dec 7, 1906 - Aug 11, 1911) Okada Bunji (Aug 11, 1911 - June 5, 1914) Kitagawa Nobutsugu (June 5, 1914 - June 2, 1916) Hiratsuka Hiroyoshi (June 2, 1916 - Oct 16, 1922) Yamawaki Haruki (Oct 16, 1922 - June 13, 1924) Ōtsuka Isei (June 13, 1924 - Sept 28, 1926) Fujioka Hyōichi (Sept 28, 1926 - May 17, 1927) Beppu Sōtarō (May 17, 1927 - June 29, 1928) Fujiyama Takeichi (June 29, 1928 - July 5, 1929) Morioka Jirō (July 5, 1929 - Nov 8, 1929) Harada Iori (Nov 8, 1929 - Jan 20, 1931) Asari Saburō (Jan 20, 1931 - Dec 27, 1931) Toyoshima Chōkichi (Dec 27, 1931 - June 28, 1932) Nagarai Kiyoshi (June 28, 1932 - July 10, 1934) Kayaba Gunzō (July 10, 1934 - Mar 13, 1936) Matsumura Mitsuma (Mar 13, 1936 - Sept 30, 1937) Adachi Osamu (Oct 1, 1937 - Apr 8, 1940) Yamagata Saburō (Apr 9, 1940 - Jan 9, 1942) Sakurai Yasuemon (Jan 9, 1942 - July 1, 1943) Azumi Tokuya (July 1, 1943 - Nov 1, 1944) Sōma Toshio (Nov 1, 1944 - Jan 24, 1946) Ogawa Kimchi (Jan 25, 1946 - Mar 5, 1947) Ikeda Kiyoshi (Mar 11, 1947 - April 12, 1947)
Elected governors
Kodaira Jyūkichi (April 12, 1947 - Feb 5, 1955) (two terms) Ogawa Kiichi (Feb 5, 1955 - Feb 4, 1959) (his second term after an earlier term as appointed Governor) Yokokawa Nobuo (Feb 5, 1959 - Dec 7, 1974) (four terms) Funada Yuzuru (Dec 8, 1974 - Dec 8, 1984) (three terms) Watanabe Fumio (Dec 9, 1984 - Dec 8, 2000) (four terms) Fukuda Akio (Dec 9, 2000 - Dec 8, 2004) (one term) Fukuda Tomikazu (Dec 9, 2004 – present) (five terms)
Citations
References https://rekidai.com/tochigi-chiji/ "Tochigi Prefecture / History". Tochigi Prefecture. Tochigi Prefectural Office https://www.pref.tochigi.lg.jp/english/intro/history.html Retrieved 8 Sept, 2024. Tochigi Prefectural Govt website https://www.pref.tochigi.lg.jp/a01/pref/chiji/page/chiji_list.html Retrieved 8 Sept, 2024.