List of governors of Niigata Prefecture

This list of governors of Niigata Prefecture provides a chronological list of the governors of Niigata Prefecture.

List of governors

• Tokiatsu Hirimatsu 1871-1872
• Masataka Kusumoto 1872–1875
• Moriki Nagayama 1875-1885
• Shinozaki Goro 1885-1889
• Sadaaki Senda 1889–1891
• Koteda Yasuda 1891-1896
• Asada Tokunori 1896–1897
• Minoru Katsumata 1897-1900
• Shin Kiyoshi 1900
• Fumi Kashiwada 1900-1903
• Hiroshi Abe 1903-1907
• Kiyoshi Honba 1907-1912
• Mori Masataka 1912
• Izawa Takio 1912-1913
• Ando Kensuke 1913-1914
• Keisuke Sakanaka 1914-1916
• Tsuizui Katagawa 1916-1917
• Watanabe Katsusaburo 1917-1919
• Ōta Masahiro 1919–1923
• Ohara Sanarata 1923-1925
• Takeo Mimatsu 1925-1927
• Shohei Fujinoma 1927-1928
• Yuichiro Chikaraishi 1928
• Ozaki Yujiro 1928-1929
• Takeo Mimatsu (2nd time) 1929-1930
• Shinya Kurosaki 1930-1931
• Nakano Kunikazu 1931
• Obata Toyoji 1931-1932
• Ryo Chiba 1932-1935
• Miyawaki Umekichi 1935-1936
• Sekiya Nobuyuki 1936-1938
• Yasujiro Nakamura 1938-1939
• Seikichi Kimishima 1939-1940
• Seiichiro Yasui 1940-1941
• Doi Shohei 1941-1943
• Tamon Maeda 1943–1945
• Kingo Machimura 1945
• Masafuku Hatada 1945–1946
• Sato Dodai 1946
• Hideo Aoki 1946-1947
• Shohei Okada 1947-1955
• Kazuo Kitamura 1955-1961
• Juichiro Tsukada 1961-1966
• Shiro Watari 1966-1974
• Takeo Kimi 1974-1989
• Kiyoshi Kaneko 1989-1992
• Ikuo Hirayama 1992–2004
• Hirohiko Izumida 2004–2016
• Ryuichi Yoneyama 2016–2018
• Hideyo Hanazumi 2018-