# List of governors of Aomori Prefecture

The governor of Aomori Prefecture (青森県知事, Aomori kenchiji) is the head of the local government in Aomori Prefecture.

## List of governors of Aomori Prefecture
### Appointed

| Name | Term Start | Residence |
| Noda Hiromichi [ja] | 5 September 1871 | Kumamoto Prefecture |
| Shigeyoshi Hishida [Ja] | 7 November 1871 | Gifu Prefecture |
| Masaomi Kitadai [Ja] | 20 August 1873 | Kōchi Prefecture |
| Tanetoku Ikeda [Ja] | 11 February 1874 | Hiroshima Prefecture |
| Yoshikan Shiotani [Ja] | 7 November 1874 | Yamagata Prefecture |
| Masaomi Kitadai (reelection) | 17 August 1876 | Kōchi Prefecture |
| Hidenori Yamada [Ja] | 22 August 1876 | Kumamoto Prefecture |
| Kanenori Goda [Ja] | 14 January 1882 | Kagoshima Prefecture |
| Kususei Fukushima [Ja] | 22 December 1883 | Saga Prefecture |
| Nabeshima Miki | 24 July 1886 | Saga Prefecture |
| Tamasa Sawa [ja] | 26 December 1889 | Miyagi Prefecture |
| Naomasa Park [ja] | 12 August 1896 | Nagasaki Prefecture |
| Shuichiro Kono [Ja] | 13 November 1897 | Kagoshima Prefecture |
| Tadashi Munakata | 21 Janusury 1899 | Kumamoto Prefecture |
| Kazuji Yamauchi [ja] | 17 April 1901 | Kagoshima Prefecture |
| Katsutaro Inuzuka [Ja] | 26 April 1904 | Yamagata Prefecture |
| Shotaro Nishizawa [Ja] | 17 November 1904 | Nagano Prefecture |
| Takeda Chiyosaburo [ja] | 12 June 1908 | Fukuoka Prefecture |
| Takeo Tanaka [ja] | 1 June 1913 | Tokyo Prefecture |
| Kohama Matsujiro [ja] | 28 April 1914 | Kagoshima Prefecture |
| Kawamura Takeji | 17 January 1917 | Akita Prefecture |
| Sawada Ushimaro [ja] | 3 October 1918 | Kōchi Prefecture |
| Hidehiko Michioka [ja] | 18 April 1919 | Kagoshima Prefecture |
| Harutoshi Kahei [ja] | 9 March 1921 | Okayama Prefecture |
| Yujiro Ozaki [ja] | 28 September 1921 | Hyōgo Prefecture |
| Baba Kazue [ja] | 25 October 1923 | Kumamoto Prefecture |
| Ogata Yuichiro [ja] | 6 June 1924 | Kumamoto Prefecture |
| Matsubara Gonshiro [ja] | 24 June 1924 | Kagawa Prefecture |
| Ryusaku Endo [ja; zh; ko] | 16 September 1925 | Saitama Prefecture |
| Koyanagi Makie [ja] | 28 September 1926 | Niigata Prefecture |
| Jiro Morioka [ja; zh] | 27 May 1927 | Nara Prefecture |
| Tetsuzo Yoshimura [ja] | 7 November 1927 | Tottori Prefecture |
| Yujiro Shinjo [ja] | 30 January 1929 | Kyoto Prefecture |
| Mitsuo Hirai [ja] | 5 July 1929 | Kumamoto Prefecture |
| Masao Moriya [ja] | 26 August 1930 | Kumamoto Prefecture |
| Teizaburo Miyamoto [ja] | 18 December 1931 | Miyagi Prefecture |
| Yasunobu Taku [ja] | 28 June 1932 | Saga Prefecture |
| Mitsumasa Kobayashi [ja] | 11 August 1934 | Tochigi Prefecture |
| Masayoshi Ogawa | 16 October 1936 | Tochigi Prefecture |
| Minoru Suzuki | 1 March 1939 | Shizuoka Prefecture |
| Seiichi Ueda [ja] | 24 July 1940 | Ishikawa Prefecture |
| Shunsuke Yamada [ja] | 9 January 1942 | Hyōgo Prefecture |
| Kohei Utsunomiya [ja] | 31 March 1943 | Ehime Prefecture |
| Hiroo Ohshima [ja] | 1 August 1944 | Ishikawa Prefecture |
| Motohiko Kanai [ja] | 21 April 1945 | Hyōgo Prefecture |
| Renji Ohno [ja] | 25 January 1946 | Chiba Prefecture |
| Fuyuo Hayasaka [ja] | 11 March 1947 | Miyagi Prefecture |

### Elected

| Name | Term Start | Terms served | Residence | Political Party |
| Bunji Tsushima [ja] | 12 April 1947 | 3 | Kanagi, Aomori | Democratic Party |
| Iwao Yamazaki [ja] | 20 July 1956 | 2 | Kuon, Hokkaido [ja; ko] | LDP |
| Toshikichi Takeuchi [ja] | 2 March 1963 | 4 | Izume, Hokkaido [ja] | LDP |
| Masaya Kitamura [ja] | 26 February 1979 | 4 | Misawa, Aomori | LDP |
| Morio Kimura [ja] | 26 February 1995 | 3 | Fujisaki, Aomori | Independent |
| Shingo Mimura | 29 June 2003 | 5 | Momoishi, Aomori | Independent |
| Sōichirō Miyashita | 29 June 2023 | Incumbent | Mutsu, Aomori | Independent |