2003 Saga gubernatorial election

A gubernatorial election was held on 13 April 2003 to elect the Governor of Saga Prefecture. Newcomer Yasushi Furukawa won the election.

Candidates

 * Yasushi Furukawa - retired (most recent job: former manager of Nagasaki Prefecture General Affairs Department), age 44
 * Iwamasa Miyahara (宮原岩政) - member of the Saga Prefectural Assembly, age 61
 * Hisatoshi Higuchi - civil servant at MAFF and later mayor of Kashima, Saga, age 57
 * Tomoki Kinoshita (木下知己) - professor at Nasu University, age 55
 * Koreyuki Fukushima (福島是幸) - former prefectural high school teacher union chairman, age 63
 * Shigeto Hayashida (林田重人) - former prefectural superintendent of education, age 66