List of governors of Osaka

Appointed governors

• Gotō Shōjirō 1868-1870
• Nishimura Sutezō 1889-1891
• Yamada Nobumichi 1891-1895
• Utsumi Tadakatsu 1895-1897
• Yoshihara Saburo 1898
• Chikaaki Takasaki 1902-1911
• Harumichi Tanabe 1927-1928
• Yūichirō Chikaraishi 1928-1929
• Shinobu Agata 1932-1935
• Minabe Choji 1941-1943

  Elected governors

• Ryōichi Kuroda 1971-1979
• Kazuo Nakagawa 1991-1995
• Knock Yokoyama 1995-1999
• Fusae Ohta 2000-2008
• Tōru Hashimoto 2008-2011
• Ichirō Matsui 2011-present