# List of spouses of prime ministers of Japan

This is a list of spouses of prime ministers of Japan.
They have all been women as wives of male prime ministers, and the media often refers to the spouse as the "First Lady of Japan", however as the prime minister is not head of state but head of government in Japan, this differs considerably from its equivalent in the United States.

## Role and duties

The role of the prime minister's consort is not an official position, and so they are not given a salary or official duties.

## List of spouses

| No. | Portrait | Name | Tenure began | Tenure ended | Prime minister |
| 1 | | Itō Umeko 伊藤 梅子 3 December 1848 – 12 April 1924 | 22 December 1885 | 30 April 1888 | Itō Hirobumi married in 1866 |
| 2 | | Kuroda Taki 黒田 滝子 27 September 1863 – 1904 | 30 April 1888 | 25 October 1889 | Kuroda Kiyotaka married on 10 December 1880 |
| 3 | | Yamagata Tomoko 山縣 友子 13 June 1851 – 12 September 1893 | 24 December 1889 | 6 May 1891 | Yamagata Aritomo married in 1868 |
| 4 | | Matsukata Masako 松方 満佐子 18 April 1845 – 13 September 1920 | 6 May 1891 | 8 August 1892 | Matsukata Masayoshi married in 1860 |
| (1) | | Itō Umeko 伊藤 梅子 3 December 1848 – 12 April 1924 | 8 August 1892 | 31 August 1896 | Itō Hirobumi married in 1866 |
| (4) | | Matsukata Masako 松方 満佐子 18 April 1845 – 13 September 1920 | 18 September 1896 | 12 January 1898 | Matsukata Masayoshi married in 1860 |
| (1) | | Itō Umeko 伊藤 梅子 3 December 1848 – 12 April 1924 | 12 January 1898 | 30 June 1898 | Itō Hirobumi married in 1866 |
| 5 | | Ōkuma Ayako 大隈 綾子 28 November 1850 – 28 April 1923 | 30 June 1898 | 8 November 1898 | Ōkuma Shigenobu married in 1869 |
| – | Vacant | Vacant | 8 November 1898 | 19 October 1900 | Yamagata Aritomo |
| (1) | | Itō Umeko 伊藤 梅子 3 December 1848 – 12 April 1924 | 19 October 1900 | 10 May 1901 | Itō Hirobumi married in 1866 |
| 6 | | Katsura Kanako 桂 可那子 20 February 1875 – 17 August 1940 | 2 June 1901 | 7 January 1906 | Katsura Tarō married in 1891 |
| – | Vacant | Vacant | 7 January 1906 | 14 July 1908 | Saionji Kinmochi |
| (6) | | Katsura Kanako 桂 可那子 20 February 1875 – 17 August 1940 | 14 July 1908 | 30 August 1911 | Katsura Tarō married in 1891 |
| – | Vacant | Vacant | 30 August 1911 | 21 December 1912 | Saionji Kinmochi |
| (6) | | Katsura Kanako 桂 可那子 20 February 1875 – 17 August 1940 | 21 December 1912 | 20 February 1913 | Katsura Tarō married in 1891 |
| 7 | | Yamamoto Tokiko 山本 登喜子 6 June 1880 – 30 March 1933 | 20 February 1913 | 16 April 1914 | Yamamoto Gonnohyōe married on 28 August 1878 |
| (5) | | Ōkuma Ayako 大隈 綾子 28 November 1850 – 28 April 1923 | 16 April 1914 | 9 October 1916 | Ōkuma Shigenobu married in 1869 |
| 8 | | Terauchi Taki 寺内 タキ 18 January 1863 – 4 June 1920 | 9 October 1916 | 29 September 1918 | Terauchi Masatake married on unknown date |
| 9 | | Hara Asa 原 淺 1871 – 1923 | 29 September 1918 | 4 November 1921 | Hara Takashi married in 1908 |
| 10 | | Takahashi Shina 高橋 志な 4 November 1865 – 31 May 1946 | 13 November 1921 | 12 June 1922 | Takahashi Korekiyo married in 1890 |
| 11 | | Kiyoko Katō 加藤 喜代子 25 December 1874 – 20 January 1940 | 12 June 1922 | 24 August 1923 | Katō Tomosaburō married in 1890 |
| (7) | | Yamamoto Tokiko 山本 登喜子 6 June 1880 – 30 March 1933 | 2 September 1923 | 7 January 1924 | Yamamoto Gonnohyōe married on 28 August 1878 |
| 12 | | Kiyoura Tōko 清浦 錬子 24 March 1858 – 6 October 1944 | 7 January 1924 | 11 June 1924 | Kiyoura Keigo married in 1873 |
| 13 | | Katō Haruji 加藤 春路 17 March 1864 – December 1942 | 11 June 1924 | 28 January 1926 | Katō Takaaki married in 1886 |
| 14 | | Tokuko Wakatsuki 若槻 德子 28 April 1872 – 3 December 1956 | 28 January 1926 | 20 April 1927 | Wakatsuki Reijirō married in 1892 |
| 15 | | Sute Tanaka 田中 壽天 24 August 1874 – September 1937 | 20 April 1927 | 2 July 1929 | Tanaka Giichi married in 1893 |
| 16 | | Natsu Hamaguchi 濱口 夏 1873 – died on unknown date | 2 July 1929 | 14 April 1931 | Hamaguchi Osachi married in 1889 |
| (14) | | Tokuko Wakatsuki 若槻 德子 28 April 1872 – 3 December 1956 | 14 April 1931 | 13 December 1931 | Wakatsuki Reijirō married in 1892 |
| 17 | | Chiyoko Inukai 犬養 千代子 1865 – 25 August 1952 | 13 December 1931 | 15 May 1932 | Inukai Tsuyoshi married in 1891 |
| 18 | | Haruko Saitō 齋藤 春子 10 March 1873 – 14 September 1971 | 26 May 1932 | 8 July 1934 | Saitō Makoto married on 5 February 1892 |
| – | Vacant | Vacant | 8 July 1934 | 9 March 1936 | Keisuke Okada |
| 19 | | Shizuko Hirota 廣田 静子 1885 – 18 May 1946 | 9 March 1936 | 2 February 1937 | Kōki Hirota married in 1905 |
| 20 | | Hatsu Hayashi 林 初治 1887 – died on unknown date | 2 February 1937 | 4 June 1937 | Senjūrō Hayashi married on unknown date |
| 21 | | Chiyoko Konoe 近衞 千代子 11 January 1896 – 15 September 1980 | 4 June 1937 | 5 January 1939 | Fumimaro Konoe married on unknown date |
| – | Vacant | Vacant | 5 January 1939 | 30 August 1939 | Hiranuma Kiichirō |
| 22 | | Mitsuko Abe 阿部 みつ子 1886 – died on unknown date | 30 August 1939 | 16 January 1940 | Nobuyuki Abe married on unknown date |
| 23 | | Koma Yonai 米内 こま 1888 – 1941 | 16 January 1940 | 22 July 1940 | Mitsumasa Yonai married in 1906 |
| (21) | | Chiyoko Konoe 近衞 千代子 11 January 1896 – 15 September 1980 | 22 July 1940 | 18 October 1941 | Fumimaro Konoe married on unknown date |
| 24 | | Katsuko Tōjō 東條 かつ子 8 October 1890 – 29 May 1982 | 17 October 1941 | 22 July 1944 | Hideki Tojo married on 11 April 1909 |
| 25 | | Kaoruko Koiso 小磯 馨子 1887 – May 1950 | 22 July 1944 | 7 April 1945 | Kuniaki Koiso married in 1907 |
| 26 | | Taka Suzuki 鈴木 たか 4 July 1883 – 23 September 1971 | 7 April 1945 | 17 August 1945 | Kantarō Suzuki married in 1915 |
| 27 | | Princess Toshiko Higashikuni 稔彦王妃 聡子内親王 11 May 1896 – 5 March 1978 | 17 August 1945 | 9 October 1945 | Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni married on 18 May 1915 |
| 28 | | Masako Shidehara 幣原 雅子 18 December 1881 – July 1956 | 9 October 1945 | 22 May 1946 | Kijūrō Shidehara married in 1903 |
| 29 | | Kiyo Yoshida 吉田 喜代 1904 – 2003 | 22 May 1946 | 24 May 1947 | Shigeru Yoshida married in 1944 |
| 30 | | Kikue Katayama 片山 菊江 1894 – 1985 | 24 May 1947 | 10 March 1948 | Tetsu Katayama married in 1913 |
| 31 | | Sumi Ashida 芦田 壽美 1895 – died on unknown date | 10 March 1948 | 15 October 1948 | Hitoshi Ashida married in 1918 |
| (29) | | Kiyo Yoshida 吉田 喜代 1904 – 2003 | 15 October 1948 | 10 December 1954 | Shigeru Yoshida married in 1944 |
| 32 | | Kaoru Hatoyama 鳩山 薫 21 November 1888 – 15 August 1982 | 10 December 1954 | 23 December 1956 | Ichirō Hatoyama married on 18 September 1908 |
| 33 | | Ume Ishibashi 石橋 うめ 1888 – August 1971 | 23 December 1956 | 25 February 1957 | Tanzan Ishibashi married in November 1912 |
| 34 | | Yoshiko Kishi 岸 良子 1901 – 1980 | 25 February 1957 | 19 July 1960 | Nobusuke Kishi married in November 1919 |
| 35 | | Mitsue Ikeda 池田 滿枝 1913 – 9 January 2001 | 19 July 1960 | 9 November 1964 | Hayato Ikeda married on unknown date |
| 36 | | Hiroko Satō 佐藤 寛子 5 January 1907 – 16 April 1987 | 9 November 1964 | 7 July 1972 | Eisaku Satō married in 1926 |
| 37 | | Hana Tanaka 田中 はな 1910 – 1995 | 7 July 1972 | 9 December 1974 | Kakuei Tanaka married in 1942 |
| 38 | | Mutsuko Miki 三木 睦子 31 July 1917 – 31 July 2012 | 9 December 1974 | 24 December 1976 | Takeo Miki married in 1940 |
| 39 | | Mie Fukuda 福田 三枝 14 February 1912 – 16 September 2013 | 24 December 1976 | 7 December 1978 | Takeo Fukuda married in 1933 |
| 40 | | Shigeko Ōhira 大平 志げ子 1916 – 1990 | 7 December 1978 | 12 June 1980 | Masayoshi Ōhira married on 15 April 1937 |
| 41 | | Sachi Suzuki 鈴木 さち 1919 – 22 March 2015 | 12 June 1980 | 27 November 1982 | Zenkō Suzuki married on 2 November 1939 |
| 42 | | Tsutako Nakasone 中曾根　蔦子 30 October 1921 – 7 November 2012 | 27 November 1982 | 6 November 1987 | Yasuhiro Nakasone married on 11 February 1945 |
| 43 | | Naoko Takeshita 竹下 直子 9 September 1926 – 20 September 2010 | 6 November 1987 | 3 June 1989 | Noboru Takeshita married in 1946 |
| 44 | | Chiyo Uno 宇野 千代 1 November 1924 – 10 August 2015 | 3 June 1989 | 10 August 1989 | Sōsuke Uno married on 22 February 1947 |
| 45 | | Sachiyo Kaifu 海部 幸世 born 1933 | 10 August 1989 | 5 November 1991 | Toshiki Kaifu married in 1955 |
| 46 | | Yoko Miyazawa 宮澤 庸子 18 February 1920 — 4 May 2014 | 5 November 1991 | 9 August 1993 | Kiichi Miyazawa married on 30 November 1943 |
| 47 | | Kayoko Hosokawa 細川 佳代子 born 14 September 1942 | 9 August 1993 | 28 April 1994 | Morihiro Hosokawa married in 1971 |
| 48 | | Ayako Hata 羽田 綏子 born 1949 | 28 April 1994 | 30 June 1994 | Tsutomu Hata married on 5 December 1965 |
| 49 | | Yoshie Murayama 村山 ヨシヱ born 1926 | 30 June 1994 | 11 January 1996 | Tomiichi Murayama married in 1953 |
| 50 | | Kumiko Hashimoto 橋本 久美子 born 1941 | 11 January 1996 | 30 July 1998 | Ryutaro Hashimoto married in 1966 |
| 51 | | Chizuko Obuchi 小渕 千鶴子 born 16 August 1940 | 30 July 1998 | 5 April 2000 | Keizō Obuchi married in 1967 |
| 52 | | Chieko Mori 森 智恵子 born 24 January 1937 | 5 April 2000 | 26 April 2001 | Yoshirō Mori married in November 1961 |
| – | Vacant | Vacant | 26 April 2001 | 26 September 2006 | Junichirō Koizumi |
| 53 | | Akie Abe 安倍 昭恵 born 10 June 1962 | 26 September 2006 | 26 September 2007 | Shinzo Abe married in June 1987 |
| 54 | | Kiyoko Fukuda 福田 貴代子 born 13 January 1944 | 26 September 2007 | 24 September 2008 | Yasuo Fukuda married in 1966 |
| 55 | | Chikako Asō 麻生 千賀子 born 30 May 1950 | 24 September 2008 | 16 September 2009 | Tarō Asō married in 1983 |
| 56 | | Miyuki Hatoyama 鳩山 幸 born 28 June 1943 | 16 September 2009 | 8 June 2010 | Yukio Hatoyama married in 1975 |
| 57 | | Nobuko Kan 菅 伸子 born 3 October 1945 | 8 June 2010 | 2 September 2011 | Naoto Kan married in 1970 |
| 58 | | Hitomi Noda 野田 仁実 born 7 June 1963 | 2 September 2011 | 26 December 2012 | Yoshihiko Noda married in 1992 |
| (53) | | Akie Abe 安倍 昭恵 born 10 June 1962 | 26 December 2012 | 16 September 2020 | Shinzo Abe married in June 1987 |
| 59 | | Mariko Suga 菅 真理子 born 28 November 1953 | 16 September 2020 | 4 October 2021 | Yoshihide Suga married on unknown date |
| 60 | | Yuko Kishida 岸田 裕子 born 15 August 1964 | 4 October 2021 | 1 October 2024 | Fumio Kishida married in 1988 |
| 61 | | Yoshiko Ishiba 石破 佳子 born 26 August 1956 | 1 October 2024 | Incumbent | Shigeru Ishiba married in 1983 |