List of governors of Saitama Prefecture

Appointed governors

• Tadashi Munakata 1897–1898
• Ogimachi Sanemasa 1899–1900
• Yamada Shunzō 1900–1902
• Akira Masaya 1914–1916
• Tadahiko Okada 1916–1919
• Ichisho Inuma 1934–1935
• Toki Ginjiro 1938–1941
• Miyano Shozo 1941–1942
• Toshio Otsu 1942–1943

  Elected governors

• Yawara Hata 1972–1992
• Kiyoshi Ueda 2003–present