# List of governors of Kyoto Prefecture

The governor of Kyoto, officially Governor of Kyoto Prefecture, is the chief executive of Kyoto, a prefecture in Japan. It serves from 1868 and comes from Kyoto machi-bugyō. The governors were appointed by the Home Ministry until 1947. The current governor is Takatoshi Nishiwaki, who was inaugurated on April 16, 2018.

## Appointed governors, 1868–1947

Governors of Kyoto Prefecture :
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office |
| No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
| 1 | | Nobuatsu Nagatani | June 1868 | July 1875 | 7 years, 1 month |
| 2 | | Masanao Makimura | July 1875 | January 1881 | 5 years, 6 months |
| 3 | | Kunimichi Kitagaki | January 1881 | July 1892 | 11 years, 6 months |
| 4 | | Sadaaki Senda | July 1892 | November 1893 | 1 year, 4 months |
| 5 | | Hiroshi Nakai | November 1893 | October 1894 | 11 months |
| 6 | | Chiaki Watanabe | October 1894 | October 1895 | 1 year |
| 7 | | Nobumichi Yamada | October 1895 | November 1897 | 2 years, 1 month |
| 8 | | Tadakatsu Utsumi | November 1897 | March 1900 | 2 years, 4 months |
| 9 | | Chikaaki Takasaki | March 1900 | February 1902 | 1 year, 11 months |
| 10 | | Shoichi Omori | February 1902 | April 1916 | 14 years, 2 months |
| 11 | | Jūshirō Kiuchi | April 1916 | May 1918 | 2 years, 1 month |
| 12 | | Eitaro Mabuchi | May 1918 | July 1921 | 3 years, 2 months |
| 13 | | Raizo Wakabayashi | July 1921 | October 1922 | 1 year, 3 months |
| 14 | | Tokikazu Ikematsu | October 1922 | December 1924 | 2 years, 2 months |
| 15 | | Hiroshi Ikeda | December 1924 | September 1926 | 1 year, 9 months |
| 16 | | Tsunenosuke Hamada | September 1926 | April 1927 | 7 months |
| 17 | | Shigoro Sugiyama | April 1927 | July 1927 | 3 months |
| 18 | | Shigeyoshi Omihara | July 1927 | July 1929 | 2 years |
| 19 | | Shinichi Sagami | July 1929 | October 1931 | 2 years, 3 months |
| 20 | | Shinya Kurosaki | October 1931 | December 1931 | 2 months |
| 21 | | Sukenari Yokoyama | December 1931 | June 1932 | 6 months |
| 22 | | Munenori Saito | June 1932 | January 1935 | 2 years, 7 months |
| 23 | | Shintarō Suzuki | January 1935 | April 1936 | 1 year, 3 months |
| 24 | | Keiichi Suzuki | April 1936 | April 1939 | 3 years |
| 25 | | Kotora Akamatsu | April 1939 | April 1940 | 1 year |
| 26 | | Jitsuzo Kawanishi | April 1940 | January 1941 | 9 months |
| 27 | | Kyoushiro Ando | January 1941 | July 1943 | 2 years, 6 months |
| 28 | | Chiyoji Yukizawa | July 1943 | April 1944 | 9 months |
| 29 | | Zentaro Arai | April 1944 | June 1945 | 1 year, 2 months |
| 30 | | Shigeo Miyoshi | June 1945 | October 1945 | 4 months |
| 31 | | Atsushi Kimura | October 1945 | March 1947 | 1 year, 5 months |
| 32 | | Yoshiaki Yamamoto | March 1947 | April 1947 | 1 month |

## Elected governors, 1947–present

Governors of Kyoto Prefecture :
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Election |
| No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Election |
| 33 | | Atsushi Kimura (木村惇) | April 12, 1947 | April 2, 1950 | 2 years, 355 days | 1947 |
| 34 | | Torazo Ninagawa (蜷川虎三) | April 20, 1950 | April 15, 1978 | 27 years, 360 days | 1950 |
| 35 | | Torazo Ninagawa (蜷川虎三) | April 20, 1950 | April 15, 1978 | 27 years, 360 days | 1954 |
| 36 | | Torazo Ninagawa (蜷川虎三) | April 20, 1950 | April 15, 1978 | 27 years, 360 days | 1958 |
| 37 | | Torazo Ninagawa (蜷川虎三) | April 20, 1950 | April 15, 1978 | 27 years, 360 days | 1962 |
| 38 | | Torazo Ninagawa (蜷川虎三) | April 20, 1950 | April 15, 1978 | 27 years, 360 days | 1966 |
| 39 | | Torazo Ninagawa (蜷川虎三) | April 20, 1950 | April 15, 1978 | 27 years, 360 days | 1970 |
| 40 | | Torazo Ninagawa (蜷川虎三) | April 20, 1950 | April 15, 1978 | 27 years, 360 days | 1974 |
| 41 | | Yukio Hayashida (林田悠紀夫) | April 16, 1978 | April 15, 1986 | 7 years, 364 days | 1978 |
| 42 | | Yukio Hayashida (林田悠紀夫) | April 16, 1978 | April 15, 1986 | 7 years, 364 days | 1982 |
| 43 | | Teiichi Aramaki (荒巻禎一) | April 16, 1986 | April 15, 2002 | 15 years, 364 days | 1986 |
| 44 | | Teiichi Aramaki (荒巻禎一) | April 16, 1986 | April 15, 2002 | 15 years, 364 days | 1990 |
| 45 | | Teiichi Aramaki (荒巻禎一) | April 16, 1986 | April 15, 2002 | 15 years, 364 days | 1994 |
| 46 | | Teiichi Aramaki (荒巻禎一) | April 16, 1986 | April 15, 2002 | 15 years, 364 days | 1998 |
| 47 | | Keiji Yamada (山田啓二) | April 16, 2002 | April 15, 2018 | 15 years, 364 days | 2002 |
| 48 | | Keiji Yamada (山田啓二) | April 16, 2002 | April 15, 2018 | 15 years, 364 days | 2006 |
| 49 | | Keiji Yamada (山田啓二) | April 16, 2002 | April 15, 2018 | 15 years, 364 days | 2010 |
| 50 | | Keiji Yamada (山田啓二) | April 16, 2002 | April 15, 2018 | 15 years, 364 days | 2014 |
| 51 | | Takatoshi Nishiwaki (西脇隆俊) | April 16, 2018 | | 6 years, 172 days | 2018 |
| 52 | | Takatoshi Nishiwaki (西脇隆俊) | April 16, 2018 | | 6 years, 172 days | 2022 |