Takato IshidaTakato Ishida is a Japanese politician who is the governor of Fukui Prefecture. He is the youngest governor in Japan.𝕏 fukui_ishidaYT UCWaDIjt7MoR9TsFf21xfqnQElectionIshida, who previously was an official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, defeated independent candidate Kenichi Yamada and Japanese Communist Yukie Kanemoto during the Japanese local elections">Japanese language">Japanese local elections for the governorship of Fukui Prefecture. Ishida gained a majority of 134,620 votes over Yamada's 130,290 Kanemoto's 15,735. He ran as an independent politician supported by Sanseitō.Governor of Fukui (2026–)At age 35, Ishida became the youngest governor in Japan.