title: List of governors of Osaka Prefecture
text: # List of governors of Osaka Prefecture
  
  ## Appointed governors
  
  * Daigo Tadamasa 1868
  * Gotō Shōjirō 1868-1870
  * Kimimasa Yuri 1870
  * Yotsutsuji Nishi 1870-1872
  * Norobu Watanabe 1872-1880
  * Tateno Tsuyoshi 1880-1889
  * Nishimura Sutezō 1889-1891
  * Yamada Nobumichi 1891-1895
  * Utsumi Tadakatsu 1895-1897
  * Tokito Konkyo 1897-1898
  * Mamoru Okimorikata 1898
  * Yoshihara Saburo 1898
  * Tadashini Kikuchi 1898-1902
  * Chikaaki Takasaki 1902-1911
  * Marques Okubo Toshi Takeshi 1912-1917
  * Harumichi Tanabe 1927-1928
  * Yūichirō Chikaraishi 1928-1929
  * Saito Munenori 1931-1932
  * Shinobu Agata 1932-1935
  * Minabe Choji 1941-1943
  
  ## Elected governors
  
  * Bunzo Akama 1947-1959
  * Gisen Sato 1959-1971
  * Ryōichi Kuroda 1971-1979
  * Sakae Kishi 1979-1991
  * Kazuo Nakagawa 1991-1995
  * Knock Yokoyama 1995-1999
  * Fusae Ohta 2000-2008
  * Tōru Hashimoto 2008-2011
  * Ichirō Matsui 2011-2011
  * Hirofumi Yoshimura 2019-present
  