List of governors of Kumamoto Prefecture

Appointed governors

 * 1876 Yasuoka Ryosuke
 * 1876-1891 Takaaki Tomioka
 * 1891-1896 Matsudaira Masanao
 * 1896-1898 Ōura Kanetake
 * 1898-1903 Tokuhisa Tsunenori
 * 1903-1907 Egi Kazuyuki
 * 1907-1908 Norikichi Oshikawa
 * 1908-1912 Kawaji Toshikyo
 * 1912 Tadashi Munakata
 * 1912-1913 Kamiyama Mitsunoshin
 * 1913-1914 Tenta Akaboshi
 * 1916-1919 Ōta Masahiro
 * 1919-1921 Hikoji Kawaguchi
 * 1921-1922 Sansuke Nakayama
 * 1922-1923 Tadahiko Okada
 * 1923-1924 Chisato Tanaka
 * 1924-1925 Nakagawa Kenzō
 * 1925-1926 Yoshifumi Satake
 * 1926-1927 Masao Oka
 * 1927-1929 Saito Munenori
 * 1929-1930 Omori Kichigoro
 * 1930-1931 Bunpei Motoyama
 * 1931-1932 Kenichi Yamashita
 * 1932-1935 Keiichi Suzuki (governor of Hiroshima)
 * 1935-1936 Sekiya Nobuyuke
 * 1936-1939 Fujioka Nagakazu
 * 1939-1940 Shunsuke Kondo
 * 1940-1942 Yukizawa Chiyoji
 * 1942-1944 Hikari Akira
 * 1944-1945 Soga Kajimatsu
 * 1945-1946 Hirai Fumi
 * 1946 Hiroshi Nagai
 * 1946-1947 Saburo Sakurai (1st time)

Elected governors

 * 1947 Naoto Suzuki
 * 1947-1959 Saburo Sakurai (2nd time)
 * 1959-1971 Kosaku Teramoto
 * 1971-1983 Issei Sawada
 * 1983-1991 Morihiro Hosokawa
 * 1991-2000 Joji Fukushima
 * 2000-2008 Yoshiko Shiotani
 * 2008–2024 Ikuo Kabashima
 * 2024–present Takashi Kimura