# List of ambassadors of Brazil to Japan

The embassy is located at 2-11-12 Kita Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo.

## List of ambassadors

A list of the Ambassadors of Brazil, or other heads of mission, to Japan:
| Designated/ Accredited | End of Mission | Ambassador | Head of State | Prime Minister of Japan | Notes |
| 15 September 1897 | 22 April 1899 | Henrique Carlos Ribeiro Lisboa | Prudente de Morais | Matsukata Masayoshi | Minister Plenipotentiary of the Legation in Tokyo |
| 5 July 1901 | 16 February 1903 | Manuel de Oliveira Lima | Campos Sales | Katsura Tarō | Charge d'affaires |
| 16 February 1903 | 4 June 1903 | Manuel de Oliveira Lima | Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves | Katsura Tarō | Minister Plenipotentiary |
| 4 June 1903 | 30 March 1909 | Manuel Carlos Gonçalves Pereira | Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves | Katsura Tarō | Charge d'affaires |
| 30 March 1909 | August 1911 | Manuel Carlos Gonçalves Pereira | Afonso Pena | Katsura Tarō | Minister Plenipotentiary |
| August 1911 | November 1913 | Gustavo de Viana Kelsch | Hermes da Fonseca | Katsura Tarō | Charge d'affaires |
| November 1913 | October 1915 | José Francisco de Barros Pimentel | Hermes da Fonseca | Yamamoto Gonnohyōe | Charge d'affaires |
| October 1915 | 7 July 1920 | Epaminondas Leite Chermont | Venceslau Brás | Ōkuma Shigenobu | Minister Plenipotentiary |
| 7 July 1920 | 18 September 1921 | Godofredo de Bulhões | Epitácio Pessoa | Hara Takashi | Charge d'affaires |
| 18 September 1921 | 30 December 1923 | Epaminondas Leite Chermont | Epitácio Pessoa | Hara Takashi | Minister Plenipotentiary |
| January 1924 | March 1925 | Godofredo de Bulhões | Artur Bernardes | Yamamoto Gonnohyōe | Charge d'affaires |
| 2 April 1925 | 21 September 1926 | Rinaldo de Lima e Silva | Artur Bernardes | Katō Takaaki | Ambassador |
| 21 September 1926 | 31 May 1927 | Silvio Rangel de Castro | Artur Bernardes | Wakatsuki Reijirō | Charge d'affaires |
| 31 May 1927 | 27 July 1927 | Edmundo Machado Júnior | Washington Luís | Tanaka Giichi | Charge d'affaires |
| 27 July 1927 | 17 December 1928 | Antônio do Nascimento Feitosa | Washington Luís | Tanaka Giichi | Ambassador |
| 17 December 1928 | 18 June 1929 | Carlos Elias de Latorre Lisbôa | Washington Luís | Tanaka Giichi | Charge d'affaires |
| 18 June 1929 | 19 April 1931 | Hipólito Pacheco Alves de Araújo | Washington Luís | Hamaguchi Osachi | Ambassador |
| 19 April 1931 | 8 June 1931 | Carlos Elias de Latorre Lisbôa | Getúlio Vargas | Wakatsuki Reijirō | Charge d'affaires |
| 9 June 1931 | September 1934 | Silvino Gurgel do Amaral | Getúlio Vargas | Wakatsuki Reijirō | Ambassador |
| September 1934 | 11 October 1935 | Carlos Martins Pereira e Souza | Getúlio Vargas | Okada Keisuke | Ambassador |
| 11 October 1935 | 24 November 1935 | Antônio Moreira de Abreu | Getúlio Vargas | Okada Keisuke | Charge d'affaires |
| 24 November 1935 | 9 March 1939 | Pedro Leáo Velloso | Getúlio Vargas | Okada Keisuke | Ambassador |
| 9 March 1939 | 24 March 1939 | Rui Pinheiro Guimarães | Getúlio Vargas | Hiranuma Kiichirō | Charge d'affaires |
| 24 March 1939 | 28 January 1942 | Frederico de Castel Branco Clark | Getúlio Vargas | Hiranuma Kiichirō | Ambassador |
| May 1952 | 12 September 1952 | Oswaldo Tavares | Getúlio Vargas | Yoshida Shigeru | Charge d'affaires |
| 12 September 1952 | 23 March 1955 | Julio Augusto Barosoa Carmeiro | Getúlio Vargas | Yoshida Shigeru | Ambassador |
| 23 March 1955 | 18 June 1955 | Heitor Beatos Tigre | Nereu Ramos | Hatoyama Ichirō | Charge d'affaires |
| 18 June 1955 | 2 September 1955 | Arnaldo Leão Marques | Nereu Ramos | Hatoyama Ichirō | Charge d'affaires |
| 2 September 1955 | 6 June 1960 | Roberto Mendes Goncalves | Nereu Ramos | Hatoyama Ichirō | Ambassador |
| 6 June 1960 | 28 December 1960 | João Augusto de Araújo Castro | Juscelino Kubitschek | Ikeda Hayato | Charge d'affaires |
| 28 December 1960 | 22 November 1963 | Décio Honorato de Moura | Juscelino Kubitschek | Ikeda Hayato | Ambassador |
| 22 November 1963 | 6 March 1964 | Murillo Gurgel Valente | João Goulart | Ikeda Hayato | Charge d'affaires |
| 6 March 1964 | 6 May 1965 | João Babtiste Pinheiro | João Goulart | Ikeda Hayato | Charge d'affaires |
| 6 May 1965 | 9 October 1968 | Álvaro Teixeira Soares | Humberto Castelo Branco | Satō Eisaku | Ambassador |
| 9 October 1968 | 7 January 1969 | Oscar Sotto Major Lorenz Fernandez | Artur da Costa e Silva | Satō Eisaku | Charge d'affaires |
| 7 January 1969 | 28 May 1971 | Geraldo de Carvalho Silos | Artur da Costa e Silva | Satō Eisaku | Ambassador |
| 28 May 1971 | 22 October 1971 | Nestor Luis Fernandes Barros dos Santos Lima | Emílio Garrastazu Médici | Satō Eisaku | Charge d'affaires |
| 22 October 1971 | 30 September 1974 | Paulo Leão de Moura | Emílio Garrastazu Médici | Satō Eisaku | Ambassador |
| 30 September 1974 | 27 December 1974 | Pauldo da Costa Franco | Ernesto Geisel | Tanaka Kakuei | Charge d'affaires |
| 27 December 1974 | 13 July 1977 | Hélio de Burgos Cabal | Ernesto Geisel | Miki Takeo | Ambassador |
| 13 July 1977 | 5 September 1977 | Jorge Pires de Rio | Ernesto Geisel | Fukuda Takeo | Charge d'affaires |
| 5 September 1977 | 2 October 1982 | Ronaldo Costa | Ernesto Geisel | Fukuda Takeo | Ambassador |
| 2 October 1982 | 19 January 1983 | Pauldo Dyrceu Pinheiro | Ernesto Geisel | Suzuki Zenkō | Charge d'affaires |
| 19 January 1983 | 29 December 1986 | Luiz Paulo Lindenberg Sette | João Figueiredo | Nakasone Yasuhiro | Ambassador |
| 29 December 1986 | 28 May 1987 | Ivan Oliveira Cannabrava | José Sarney | Nakasone Yasuhiro | Charge d'affaires |
| 23 May 1987 | June 1991 | Carlos Antônio Bettencourt Bueno | José Sarney | Nakasone Yasuhiro | Ambassador |
| 12 June 1991 | 1993 | Carlos Luiz Coutinho Peres | Fernando Collor de Mello | Miyazawa Kiichi | Ambassador |
| 1993 | 1995 | Paulo Cardoso de Oliveira Pires do Rio | Itamar Franco | Hosokawa Morihiro | Ambassador |
| 1995 | 2001 | Fernando Guimarães Reis | Fernando Henrique Cardoso | Murayama Tomiichi | Ambassador |
| 2001 | 2005 | Ivan Oliveira Cannabrava | Fernando Henrique Cardoso | Koizumi Jun'ichirō | Ambassador |
| 2005 | 2008 | André Mattoso Maia Amado | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | Koizumi Jun'ichirō | Ambassador |
| 2008 | 2010 | Luiz Augusto de Castro Neves | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | Asō Tarō | Ambassador |
| 2010 | 2013 | Marcos Bezerra Abbott Galvão | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | Kan Naoto | Ambassador |
| 2013 | | André Corrêa do Lago | Dilma Rousseff | Abe Shinzō | Ambassador |