List of governors of Aomori Prefecture

The governor of Aomori Prefecture (青森県知事, Aomori kenchiji) is the head of the local government in Aomori Prefecture.^{[1][failed verification]}

Governor of Aomori Prefecture
Emblem of Aomori Prefecture
Incumbent Sōichirō Miyashita since 29 June 2023
Inaugural holder	Noda Hiromichi [ja]
Formation	1871
Website	Governor's website

List of governors of Aomori Prefecture

Appointed

Name	Image	Term Start	Residence
Noda Hiromichi [ja]		5 September 1871	Kumamoto Prefecture
Shigeyoshi Hishida [Ja]		7 November 1871	Gifu Prefecture
Masaomi Kitadai [Ja]		20 August 1873	Kōchi Prefecture
Tanetoku Ikeda [Ja]		11 February 1874	Hiroshima Prefecture
Yoshikan Shiotani [Ja]		7 November 1874	Yamagata Prefecture
Masaomi Kitadai (reelection)		17 August 1876	Kōchi Prefecture
Hidenori Yamada [Ja]		22 August 1876	Kumamoto Prefecture
Kanenori Goda [Ja]		14 January 1882	Kagoshima Prefecture
Kususei Fukushima [Ja]		22 December 1883	Saga Prefecture
Nabeshima Miki		24 July 1886	Saga Prefecture
Tamasa Sawa [ja]		26 December 1889	Miyagi Prefecture
Naomasa Park [ja]		12 August 1896	Nagasaki Prefecture
Shuichiro Kono [Ja]		13 November 1897	Kagoshima Prefecture
Tadashi Munakata		21 Janusury 1899	Kumamoto Prefecture
Kazuji Yamauchi [ja]		17 April 1901	Kagoshima Prefecture
Katsutaro Inuzuka [Ja]		26 April 1904	Yamagata Prefecture
Shotaro Nishizawa [Ja]		17 November 1904	Nagano Prefecture
Takeda Chiyosaburo [ja]		12 June 1908	Fukuoka Prefecture
Takeo Tanaka [ja]		1 June 1913	Tokyo Prefecture
Kohama Matsujiro [ja]		28 April 1914	Kagoshima Prefecture
Kawamura Takeji		17 January 1917	Akita Prefecture
Sawada Ushimaro [ja]		3 October 1918	Kōchi Prefecture
Hidehiko Michioka [ja]		18 April 1919	Kagoshima Prefecture
Harutoshi Kahei [ja]		9 March 1921	Okayama Prefecture
Yujiro Ozaki [ja]		28 September 1921	Hyōgo Prefecture
Baba Kazue [ja]		25 October 1923	Kumamoto Prefecture
Ogata Yuichiro [ja]		6 June 1924	Kumamoto Prefecture
Matsubara Gonshiro [ja]		24 June 1924	Kagawa Prefecture
Ryusaku Endo [ja; zh; ko]		16 September 1925	Saitama Prefecture
Koyanagi Makie [ja]		28 September 1926	Niigata Prefecture
Jiro Morioka [ja; zh]		27 May 1927	Nara Prefecture
Tetsuzo Yoshimura [ja]		7 November 1927	Tottori Prefecture
Yujiro Shinjo [ja]		30 January 1929	Kyoto Prefecture
Mitsuo Hirai [ja]		5 July 1929	Kumamoto Prefecture
Masao Moriya [ja]		26 August 1930	Kumamoto Prefecture
Teizaburo Miyamoto [ja]		18 December 1931	Miyagi Prefecture
Yasunobu Taku [ja]		28 June 1932	Saga Prefecture
Mitsumasa Kobayashi [ja]		11 August 1934	Tochigi Prefecture
Masayoshi Ogawa		16 October 1936	Tochigi Prefecture
Minoru Suzuki		1 March 1939	Shizuoka Prefecture
Seiichi Ueda [ja]		24 July 1940	Ishikawa Prefecture
Shunsuke Yamada [ja]		9 January 1942	Hyōgo Prefecture
Kohei Utsunomiya [ja]		31 March 1943	Ehime Prefecture
Hiroo Ohshima [ja]		1 August 1944	Ishikawa Prefecture
Motohiko Kanai [ja]		21 April 1945	Hyōgo Prefecture
Renji Ohno [ja]		25 January 1946	Chiba Prefecture
Fuyuo Hayasaka [ja]		11 March 1947	Miyagi Prefecture

Elected

Name	Image	Term Start	Terms served	Residence	Political Party
Bunji Tsushima [ja]		12 April 1947	3	Kanagi, Aomori	Democratic Party
Iwao Yamazaki [ja]		20 July 1956	2	Kuon, Hokkaido [ja; ko]	LDP
Toshikichi Takeuchi [ja]		2 March 1963	4	Izume, Hokkaido [ja]	LDP
Masaya Kitamura [ja]		26 February 1979	4	Misawa, Aomori	LDP
Morio Kimura [ja]		26 February 1995	3	Fujisaki, Aomori	Independent
Shingo Mimura		29 June 2003	5	Momoishi, Aomori	Independent
Sōichirō Miyashita		29 June 2023	Incumbent	Mutsu, Aomori	Independent