List of governors of Okinawa Prefecture

The Governor of Okinawa Prefecture (沖縄県知事, Okinawa-ken chiji) is the head of the local government in Okinawa Prefecture. The governor's official residence is in Okinawa Prefecture Government Building located in Naha, the capital city of the prefecture.

Governor of Okinawa Prefecture
Seal of Okinawa Prefecture
Incumbent Denny Tamaki since 4 October 2018
Residence	Okinawa Prefectural Government Headquarters
Term length	Four years (4 years)
Inaugural holder	Nabeshima Naoyoshi
Formation	4 April 1879
Deputy	Vice Governor of Okinawa Prefecture

List of Governors of Okinawa Prefecture (1879–1945)

Name	Period
Nabeshima Naoyoshi	April 4, 1879 – May 18, 1881
Uesugi Mochinori	May 18, 1881 – April 22, 1883
Iwamura Michitoshi	April 22, 1883 – December 21, 1883
Nishimura Sutezō	December 21, 1883 – April 27, 1886
Ōsako Sadakiyo	April 27, 1886 – April 14, 1887
Minoru Fukuhara	April 14, 1887 – September 18, 1888
Maruoka Kanji	September 18, 1888 – July 20, 1892
Narahara Shigeru	July 20, 1892 – April 6, 1908
Hibi Shigeaki	April 6, 1908 – June 1, 1913
Takuya Takahashi	June 1, 1913 – June 9, 1914
Kyūgorō Ōmi	June 9, 1914 – April 28, 1916
Iwatarō Otagiri	April 28, 1916 – May 4, 1916
Kuniyoshi Suzuki	May 4, 1916 – April 18, 1919
Sōsuke Kawagoe	April 18, 1919 – May 27, 1921
Jyun Wada	May 27, 1921 – October 25, 1923
Ki Iwamoto	October 25, 1923 – June 24, 1924
Mitsumasa Kamei	June 24, 1924 – September 28, 1926
Tsuguo Imashuku	September 28, 1926 – May 7, 1927
Tōjirō Iio	May 7, 1927 – December 26, 1928
Chōhei Hosokawa	December 26, 1928 – July 5, 1929
Masao Moriya	July 5, 1929 – August 26, 1930
Jirō Ino	August 26, 1930 – June 28, 1935
Hisashi Kurashige	June 28, 1935 – June 24, 1938
Fusatarō Fuchigami	June 24, 1938 – January 7, 1941
Hajime Hayakawa	January 7, 1941 – July 1, 1943
Shuki Izumi	July 1, 1943 – January 12, 1945
Akira Shimada	January 12 – June 9, 1945

Okinawa Prefecture was dissolved by United States until 1972.
(see List of U.S. governors of the Ryukyu Islands).

List of Governors of Okinawa Prefecture (1972–present)

Name	Took office	Left office	Political party
Chōbyō Yara	May 15, 1972	June 24, 1976	Independent
Koichi Taira	June 25, 1976	November 23, 1978	Independent
Takemori Nijima (acting)	November 23, 1978	December 13, 1978	Independent
Junji Nishime	December 13, 1978	December 9, 1990	Independent
Masahide Ōta	December 10, 1990	December 10, 1998	Independent
Keiichi Inamine	December 10, 1998	December 9, 2006	Independent
Hirokazu Nakaima	December 10, 2006	December 9, 2014	Independent
Takeshi Onaga	December 10, 2014	August 8, 2018	Independent
Kiichiro Jahana (acting)	August 9, 2018	August 12, 2018	Independent
Moritake Tomikawa (acting)	August 13, 2018	October 3, 2018	Independent
Denny Tamaki	October 4, 2018	present	Independent

See also

• United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands
• United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands
• Government of the Ryukyu Islands

Sources

• World Statesmen.org