List of governors of Kumamoto Prefecture

Appointed governors

• 1896-1898 Ōura Kanetake
• 1898-1903 Tokuhisa Tsunenori
• 1903-1907 Egi Kazuyuki
• 1912 Tadashi Munakata
• 1912-1913 Kamiyama Mitsunoshin
• 1913-1914 Tenta Akaboshi
• 1916-1919 Ōta Masahiro
• 1922-1923 Tadahiko Okada
• 1924-1925 Nakagawa Kenzō
• 1932-1935 Keiichi Suzuki
• 1936-1939 Fujioka Nagakazu
• 1939-1940 Shunsuke Kondo
• 1940-1942 Yukizawa Chiyoji

  Elected governors

• 1971-1983 Issei Sawada
• 1983-1991 Morihiro Hosokawa
• 1991-2000 Joji Fukushima
• 2000-2008 Yoshiko Shiotani
• 2008-present Ikuo Kabashima