List of governors of Osaka Prefecture

Appointed governors

• Daigo Tadamasa 1868
• Gotō Shōjirō 1868-1870
• Kimimasa Yuri 1870
• Yotsutsuji Nishi 1870-1872
• Norobu Watanabe 1872-1880
• Tateno Tsuyoshi 1880-1889
• Nishimura Sutezō 1889-1891
• Yamada Nobumichi 1891-1895
• Utsumi Tadakatsu 1895-1897
• Tokito Konkyo 1897-1898
• Mamoru Okimorikata 1898
• Yoshihara Saburo 1898
• Tadashini Kikuchi 1898-1902
• Chikaaki Takasaki 1902-1911
• Marques Okubo Toshi Takeshi 1912-1917
• Harumichi Tanabe 1927-1928
• Yūichirō Chikaraishi 1928-1929
• Saito Munenori 1931-1932
• Shinobu Agata 1932-1935
• Minabe Choji 1941-1943

Elected governors

• Bunzo Akama 1947-1959
• Gisen Sato 1959-1971
• Ryōichi Kuroda 1971-1979
• Sakae Kishi 1979-1991
• Kazuo Nakagawa 1991-1995
• Knock Yokoyama 1995-1999
• Fusae Ohta 2000-2008
• Tōru Hashimoto 2008-2011
• Ichirō Matsui 2011-2019
• Hirofumi Yoshimura 2019-present