List of ambassadors of Spain to Japan

The Ambassador from Spain in Japan is the Kingdom of Spain's foremost diplomatic representative in Japan. The current ambassador is Fidel Sendagorta Gómez del Campillo, who was appointed by Pedro Sánchez's government on 8 February 2022.

Ambassador of Spain to Japan
Coat of Arms of Spain
Incumbent Fidel Sendagorta Gómez del Campillo since 8 February 2022
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Style	His Excellency
Nominator	Minister of Foreign Affairs
Appointer	His Royal Majesty King Felipe VI
Deputy	Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Spain to Japan

History

The Spanish ambassador is appointed to the Council of Ministers. Among his functions is to direct the work of all the offices that depend on the embassy, based in Tokyo. Likewise, it informs the Spanish Government about the evolution of events in Japan, negotiates on behalf of Spain, can sign or ratify agreements, observes the development of bilateral relations in all fields and ensures the protection of Spanish interests and its citizens in Japan.

List of ambassadors (since 1592)

Designated/ Accredited	End of Mission	Ambassador	Head of State	Prime Minister of Japan	Notes
1592	1592	Juan Cobo	Philip II	Go-Yōzei Tennō
1593		San Pedro Bautista	Philip II	Go-Yōzei Tennō	Father Pedro Bautista, a Franciscan, was sent to Japan with three other companions.[1]
1611	1613	Sebastián Vizcaíno	Philip III	Go-Mizunoo Tennō	[2]
15 November 1868	8 March 1869	José Luis Ceacero Inguanzo	Provisional Government	Meiji Tenno	Minister Plenipotentiary of the Yokohama Legation
8 March 1869		Tiburcio Rodríguez y Muñoz	Alfonso XII	Meiji Tenno	Charge d'affaires
30 June 1875	7 October 1879	Mariano Álvarez	Alfonso XII	Meiji Tenno	Minister Plenipotentiary of the Legation in Tokyo
7 June 1883	28 December 1884	Luis del Castillo y Trigueros	Alfonso XII	Meiji Tenno
5 June 1886		José Delvat y Arêas	María Cristina	Itō Hirobumi
11 December 1888	11 January 1895	Luis del Castillo y Trigueros	María Cristina	Kuroda Kiyotaka	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
9 July 1896	14 May 1907	Luis de la Barrera y Riera	María Cristina	Itō Hirobumi	[3]
19 August 1907	September 1915	Ramiro Gil de Uribarri	Alfonso XIII	Katsura Tarō	[4]
8 October 1915	April 1924	José Caro y Széchényi	Alfonso XIII	Ōkuma Shigenobu
March 1925	July 1929	Pedro Quartin y del Saz Caballero	Alfonso XIII	Wakatsuki Reijirō
July 1929	January 1931	Luis Dupuy de Lôme y Vidiella	Alfonso XIII	Hamaguchi Osachi	Charge d'affaires
January 1931	January 1932	Juan Francisco de Cárdenas y Rodríguez de Rivas	Alfonso XIII	Shidehara Kijūrō	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary[5]
January 1932	April 1932	Pedro Antonio Satorras y Dameto	Niceto Alcalá Zamora	Inukai Tsuyoshi	Charge d'affaires
April 1932	26 August 1936	Santiago Méndez de Vigo y Méndez de Vigo	Niceto Alcalá Zamora	Saitō Makoto	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
26 August 1936	April 1937	Juan Gômez de Molina	Francisco Franco	Hirota Koki	Charge d'affaires
April 1937	December 1937	José Luis Álvarez	Francisco Franco	Hayashi Senjūrō
December 1937	October 1938	Francisco José del Castillo	Francisco Franco	Konoe Fumimaro
October 1938	12 April 1945	Santiago Méndez de Vigo y Méndez de Vigo	Francisco Franco	Konoe Fumimaro	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
28 April 1952		Francisco José del Castillo	Francisco Franco	Yoshida Shigeru	Ambassador[6]
14 October 1954		Pelayo García Olay Álvarez	Francisco Franco	Ichirō Hatoyama	Minister in Damascus[7]
25 February 1958	25 June 1964	Antonio Villacieros y Benito	Francisco Franco	Nobusuke Kishi	[8]
23 July 1963	7 February 1970	Luis García de Llera y Rodríguez	Francisco Franco	Hayato Ikeda	[9]
1970	July 1973	Alfonso Merry del Val y Alzola	Francisco Franco	Eisaku Satō	Ambassador to the United States
27 July 1973		Joaquín Gutiérrez Cano	Luis Carrero Blanco	Tanaka Kakuei
3 May 1974	6 March 1981	José Aragonés Vilá	Carlos Arias Navarro	Miki Takeo	[10]
6 March 1981	19 May 1985	Eduardo Ibañez y García de Velasco	Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo	Zenkō Suzuki	[11]
19 May 1985	19 May 1985	Camilo Barcia García-Villamil	Felipe González	Nakasone Yasuhiro
11 May 1990	25 November 1994	Antonio de Oyarzábal Marchesi	Felipe González	Kaifu Toshiki	[12]
23 December 1994	18 March 1999	Santiago Salas Collantes	Felipe González	Tomiichi Murayama	[13]
18 March 1999	20 September 2002	Juan Bautista Leña Casas	José María Aznar	Keizō Obuchi
20 September 2002	22 January 2006	Francisco Javier Conde de Saro	José María Aznar	Jun'ichirō Koizumi	[14][15]
22 January 2006	8 January 2010	Miguel Ángel Carriedo Mompín	José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero	Shinzō Abe	[16]
8 January 2010	24 October 2014	Miguel Ángel Navarro Portera	José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero	Naoto Kan	[17]
15 January 2015	22 October 2018	Gonzalo de Benito Secades	Mariano Rajoy	Shinzō Abe	[18]
22 October 2018	8 February 2022	Jorge Toledo Albiñana	Pedro Sánchez	Shinzō Abe	[19]
8 February 2022	In office	Fidel Sendagorta Gómez del Campillo	Pedro Sánchez	Fumio Kishida	[20]

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