List of former towns or villages gained city status alone in Japan

The following municipalities in Japan gained city status alone.

Which means that the current cities became cities without merging with another municipality.

1991

 * Sodegaura, Chiba
 * Tsurugashima, Saitama
 * Hidaka, Saitama
 * Hannan, Osaka
 * Kashiba, Nara
 * Hamura, Tokyo

1992

 * Yachimata, Chiba
 * Maebaru, Fukuoka

1994

 * Nisshin, Aichi

1996

 * Yoshikawa, Saitama
 * Inzai, Chiba
 * Kitahiroshima, Hokkaidō
 * Ishikari, Hokkaidō

1997

 * Kyōtanabe, Kyoto
 * Koga, Fukuoka

2001

 * Shiroi, Chiba
 * Rittō, Shiga

2002

 * Moriya, Ibaraki
 * Tomisato, Chiba
 * Tomigusuku, Okinawa

2006

 * Iwade, Wakayama

2010

 * Miyoshi, Aichi

2011

 * Nonoichi, Ishikawa