Governor of Tokyo

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Governor of Tokyo 東京都知事
Flag of Tokyo
Standard of the Governor
Incumbent Yuriko Koike since 1 August 2016
Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Style	Governor (informal) The Honourable (formal)
Residence	Tokyo Governor's Mansion (until 2014)
Appointer	Direct election
Term length	Four years, no term limit
Precursor	Governor of Edo Prefecture Governor of Tokyo Prefecture Mayor of Tokyo
Formation	May 3, 1947; 78 years ago (1947-05-03)
Deputy	Lieutenant Governors of Tokyo

Background

Candidates must be a citizen of Japan and be a resident of Tokyo for more than three months, and must be over the age of 30. Candidates must also put up three million yen to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, which will only be returned if they receive at least 10% of the votes.^[1]

List (since 1947)

• Seiichiro Yasui (1947–1959)
• Ryotaro Azuma (1959–1967)
• Ryokichi Minobe (1967–1979)
• Shunichi Suzuki (1979–1995)
• Yukio Aoshima (1995–1999)
• Shintaro Ishihara (1999–2012)
• Naoki Inose (2012–2013)
• Yōichi Masuzoe (2014–2016)
• Yuriko Koike (2016–present)