List of Prefectural Governors
| Prefectures | Governors | Date of birth | No.of elect.wins | Election date | Term of office expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hokkaido | Harumi Takahashi | Jan-6-1954 | 4 | Apr-12-2015 | Apr-22-2019 |
| Aomori | Shingo Mimura | Apr-16-1956 | 4 | Jun-7-2015 | Jun-28-2019 |
| Iwate | Takuya Tasso | Jun-10-1964 | 2 | Sep-11-2011 | Sep-10-2015 |
| Miyagi | Yoshihiro Murai | Aug-20-1960 | 3 | Oct-27-2013 | Nov-20-2017 |
| Akita | Norihisa Satake | Nov-15-1947 | 2 | Election without contest | Apr-19-2017 |
| Yamagata | Mieko Yoshimura | May-18-1951 | 2 | Election without contest | Feb-13-2017 |
| Fukushima | Masao Uchibori | Mar-26-1964 | 1 | Oct-26-2014 | Nov-11-2018 |
| Ibaraki | Masaru Hashimoto | Nov-19-1945 | 6 | Sep-8-2013 | Sep-25-2017 |
| Tochigi | Tomikazu Fukuda | May-21-1953 | 3 | Nov-18-2012 | Dec-8-2016 |
| Gunma | Masaaki Osawa | Jan-21-1946 | 2 | Jul-3-2011 | Jul-27-2015 |
| Saitama | Kiyoshi Ueda | May-15-1948 | 3 | Jul-31-2011 | Aug-30-2015 |
| Chiba | Kensaku Morita | Dec-16-1949 | 2 | Mar-17-2013 | Apr-4-2017 |
| Tokyo | Yoichi Masuzoe | Nov-29-1948 | 1 | Feb-9-2014 | Feb-8-2018 |
| Kanagawa | Yuji Kuroiwa | Sep-26-1954 | 2 | Apr-12-2015 | Apr-22-2019 |
| Niigata | Hirohiko Izumida | Sep-15-1962 | 3 | Oct-21-2012 | Oct-24-2016 |
| Toyama | Takakazu Ishii | Dec-15-1945 | 3 | Oct-28-2012 | Nov-8-2016 |
| Ishikawa | Masanori Tanimoto | Apr-16-1945 | 6 | Mar-16-2014 | Mar-26-2018 |
| Fukui | Issei Nishikawa | Jan-2-1945 | 4 | Apr-12-2015 | Apr-22-2019 |
| Yamanashi | Hitoshi Goto | Jul-22-1957 | 1 | Jan-25-2015 | Feb-16-2019 |
| Nagano | Shuichi Abe | Dec-21-1960 | 2 | Aug-10-2014 | Aug-31-2018 |
| Gifu | Hajime Furuta | Sep-13-1947 | 3 | Jan-27-2013 | Feb-5-2017 |
| Shizuoka | Heita Kawakatsu | Aug-16-1948 | 2 | Jun-16-2013 | Jul-4-2017 |
| Aichi | Hideaki Ohmura | Mar-9-1960 | 2 | Feb-1-2015 | Feb-14-2019 |
| Mie | Eikei Suzuki | Aug-15-1974 | 2 | Apr-12-2015 | Apr-20-2019 |
| Shiga | Taizo Mikazuki | May-24-1971 | 1 | Jul-13-2014 | Jul-19-2018 |
| Kyoto | Keiji Yamada | Apr-5-1954 | 4 | Apr-6-2014 | Apr-15-2018 |
| Osaka | Ichiro Matsui | Jan-31-1964 | 1 | Nov-27-2011 | Nov-26-2015 |
| Hyogo | Toshizo ldo | Aug-10-1945 | 4 | Jul-21-2013 | Jul-31-2017 |
| Nara | Shogo Arai | Jan-18-1945 | 3 | Apr-12-2015 | May-2-2019 |
| Wakayama | Yoshinobu Nisaka | Oct-2-1950 | 3 | Nov-30-2014 | Dec-16-2018 |
| Tottori | Shinji Hirai | Sep-17-1961 | 3 | Apr-12-2015 | Apr-12-2019 |
| Shimane | Zenbe Mizoguchi | Jan-20-1946 | 3 | Apr-12-2015 | Apr-29-2019 |
| Okayama | Ryuta Ibaragi | Jul-29-1966 | 1 | Oct-28-2012 | Nov-11-2016 |
| Hiroshima | Hidehiko Yuzaki | Oct-4-1965 | 2 | Nov-10-2013 | Nov-28-2017 |
| Yamaguchi | Tsugumasa Muraoka | Dec-7-1972 | 1 | Feb-23-2014 | Feb-22-2018 |
| Tokushima | Kamon Iizumi | Jul-29-1960 | 4 | Apr-2-2015 | May-17-2019 |
| Kagawa | Keizo Hamada | Jan-10-1952 | 2 | Aug-31-2014 | Sep-4-2018 |
| Ehime | Tokihiro Nakamura | Jan-25-1960 | 2 | Nov-16-2014 | Nov-30-2018 |
| Kochi | Masanao Ozaki | Sep-14-1967 | 2 | Election without contest | Dec-6-2015 |
| Fukuoka | Hiroshi Ogawa | May-17-1949 | 2 | Apr-12-2015 | Apr-22-2019 |
| Saga | Yoshinori Yamaguchi | Jul-1-1965 | 1 | Jan-11-2015 | Jan-10-2019 |
| Nagasaki | Houdou Nakamura | Nov-29-1950 | 2 | Mar-2-2014 | Mar-1-2018 |
| Kumamoto | Ikuo Kabashima | Jan-28-1947 | 2 | Mar-25-2012 | Apr-15-2016 |
| Oita | Katsusada Hirose | Jun-25-1942 | 4 | Apr-12-2015 | Apr-27-2019 |
| Miyazaki | Shunji Kouno | Sep-8-1964 | 2 | Dec-21-2014 | Jan-20-2019 |
| Kagoshima | Yuichiro Ito | Nov-17-1947 | 3 | Jul-8-2012 | Jul-27-2016 |
| Okinawa | Takeshi Onaga | Oct-2-1950 | 1 | Nov-16-2014 | Dec-9-2018 |