2014 Kyoto gubernatorial election

The  2014 Kyoto gubernatorial election was held on 06 April 2014 to elect the next governor of Kyoto (石川県), a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu island. Governor Keiji Yamada was re-elected for a fourth term, defeating Nozomu Ozaki with 69.04% of the vote.

Candidates

 * Keiji Yamada, 60, incumbent (since 2002), former Home Affairs Ministry bureaucrat, former vice governor of the prefecture. He was supported by the LDP, Komeito party, as well as the opposition DPJ and SDP.
 * Nozomu Ozaki, of the Association for a Democratic Kyoto Government, endorsed by JCP.