title: List of governors of Kumamoto Prefecture
text: # List of governors of Kumamoto Prefecture
  
  ## 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–present Ikuo Kabashima
  