2014 Kyoto gubernatorial election

The 2014 Kyoto gubernatorial election was held on 6 April 2014 to elect the next governor of Kyoto Prefecture, a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu island. Governor Keiji Yamada was re-elected for a fourth term, defeating Nozomu Ozaki with 69.04% of the vote.

Candidates

Keiji Yamada, 60, incumbent, former Home Affairs Ministry bureaucrat, former vice governor of the prefecture. He was supported by the LDP, Komeito party, as well as the opposition DPJ and SDP.
Nozomu Ozaki, of the Association for a Democratic Kyoto Government, endorsed by JCP.