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